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Old 20-02-2009, 11:19 AM   #1
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Video: Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games - Times Online
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Old 20-02-2009, 11:24 AM   #2
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Re: Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games

wooohooo

virtual home porn

that is pretty bloody impressive

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Old 20-02-2009, 11:31 AM   #3
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Re: Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games

Is this for real?? Looks an April fools joke to me as she doesn't look animated and I've never seen anything close to this in CGI........seems too big a leap

So if it is real, the developers will be happy with my response!
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Old 20-02-2009, 11:33 AM   #4
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Re: Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games

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Is this for real?? Looks an April fools joke to me as she doesn't look animated and I've never seen anything close to this in CGI........seems too big a leap

So if it is real, the developers will be happy with my response!
its a very small image which helps, there are some errors

http://www.image-metrics.com/services/games

larger HQ version here, double click to open in larger window (click watch in high quality)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLiX5d3rC6o

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Old 20-02-2009, 11:35 AM   #5
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Re: Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games

That is for real. Though I'm pretty sure that it's only Emily's face that has been rendered and superimposed on the actresses' body.
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Old 20-02-2009, 11:37 AM   #6
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Re: Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games

Why does the wireframe etc only cover part of her face?
That just makes it look like they've added that on over the top
Makes me think the same at The Force.
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Re: Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games

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its a very small image which helps, there are some errors
yep just realised that they have only done the face mapping and not the whole person, I was thinking those hands look a pretty fantastic!! as you say this is a very small image..................

I'll crawl back under my rock.....
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Old 20-02-2009, 11:42 AM   #8
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Why does the wireframe etc only cover part of her face?
That just makes it look like they've added that on over the top
Makes me think the same at The Force.
if u watch the link i posted to there site you can see they only do faces
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Old 20-02-2009, 11:46 AM   #9
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Re: Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games

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if u watch the link i posted to there site you can see they only do faces
Oh aye I must have missed that, unless you put it in on the edit after my post?

Regardless, the facial expressions etc are one of the hardest parts, the body should be quite easy to do in comparison, so it's still impressive.
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Old 20-02-2009, 11:55 AM   #10
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Re: Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games

Yep that is still an impressive piece of rendering and animation. I remember seeing this last year while they were in the final stages of 'Emily' and it showed their previous attempts at trying to get her eyes to look realistic. There must have been a hell of alot of work involved in that.

Their client list and portfolio is pretty impressive too !
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Old 20-02-2009, 12:08 PM   #11
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Re: Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games

I fully expected this to be about Killzone 2.

Boo!
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Old 20-02-2009, 12:33 PM   #12
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Re: Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games

Fairly impressive but the eyes are a dead giveaway that it is computer generated.
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Old 20-02-2009, 1:32 PM   #13
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Re: Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games

see See How "Emily" Was Made | Image Metrics
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Old 20-02-2009, 3:32 PM   #14
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Re: Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games

humm, so is it animated Emily or real Emily I'm attracted to. Or both
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Old 20-02-2009, 4:03 PM   #15
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Re: Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games

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humm, so is it animated Emily or real Emily I'm attracted to. Or both
I'm completely confused as well
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Old 20-02-2009, 8:17 PM   #16
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Re: Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games

Aye. Quite impressive.

I'd wager most peeps wouldn't be able to tell lafter a couple of shandys
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Old 20-02-2009, 8:41 PM   #17
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Re: Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games

Makes me think the vibrating controller may be overused for the consoles lol
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Old 20-02-2009, 9:49 PM   #18
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Re: Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games

Wow that's awesome

If you switch from 30s to 1.30 (real Emily) you can't even tell any difference - in erics High Quality link.. Well I can't.

The future of video gaming is more impressive than I thought.
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Old 20-02-2009, 11:05 PM   #19
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Re: Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games

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Is this for real?? Looks an April fools joke to me as she doesn't look animated and I've never seen anything close to this in CGI........seems too big a leap

So if it is real, the developers will be happy with my response!
If you check out the final fantasy film (not the ones based on the game) and check out the CGI that was pretty impressive and was made a few years ago.
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Old 21-02-2009, 7:49 PM   #20
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Re: Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games

Its more 3d mapping in a 2d space. Quite clever in a strange way.
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