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  • The IHOP talking pumpkin commercial ~ ( Halloween Humor )

    09/26/2018 12:39:38 PM PDT · by GraceG · 14 replies
    IHOP ^ | IHOP
    I was watching Tucker Carlson and came across this creepy but totally hilarious commercial. It is so funny at the end because if we were in that guy's place I am sure we would scream my head off too. Because coming across a talking pumpkin head would indeed be a scary as hell thing!
  • Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games [Meet Emily, from Image Metrics]

    08/18/2008 7:09:14 PM PDT · by GraniteStateConservative · 29 replies · 350+ views
    The Daily Telegraph (London/UK) ^ | August 18, 2008 | Jonathan Richards
    Extraordinarily lifelike characters are to begin appearing in films and computer games thanks to a new type of animation technology. Emily - the woman in the above animation ^ - was produced using a new modelling technology that enables the most minute details of a facial expression to be captured and recreated. She is considered to be one of the first animations to have overleapt a long-standing barrier known as 'uncanny valley' - which refers to the perception that animation looks less realistic as it approaches human likeness. Researchers at a Californian company which makes computer-generated imagery for Hollywood films...
  • Giving robots a human face

    02/03/2004 9:38:01 AM PST · by Momaw Nadon · 22 replies · 491+ views
    AP via CNN ^ | Tuesday, February 3, 2004 | AP
    <p>DALLAS, Texas (AP) -- With her sparkling blue eyes, wispy eyelashes and demure smile, Hertz is the center of attention wherever she goes.</p> <p>If you're lucky enough to meet her, try to ignore the tangle of wires slinking from behind her face. If you speak with her, talk slowly and loudly. And no matter what you say, don't be offended if she looks at you blankly and repeatedly asks, "What did you say?"</p>