{"id":634,"date":"2013-03-26T07:49:03","date_gmt":"2013-03-26T07:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lousodrome.net\/blog\/light\/?p=634"},"modified":"2013-03-26T07:53:27","modified_gmt":"2013-03-26T07:53:27","slug":"faceworks-demonstration-at-gtc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lousodrome.net\/blog\/light\/2013\/03\/26\/faceworks-demonstration-at-gtc\/","title":{"rendered":"FaceWorks demonstration at GTC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Geeks3D mentioned<\/a> this keynote at the GPU Technology Conference, where NVIDIA’s CEO shows their technology called FaceWorks<\/a>. After talking about the uncanny valley and avatar rendering uses, came the live demonstration, which seriously raises the bar in terms of face rendering and animation.<\/p>\n

The quality is incredible, the gap from photo realism is getting very narrow, and some expressions are really convincing. The transitions and frozen expressions feel weird though, so I am wondering how it would look running freely for a moment, with all the rapid subtle moves we show even when staying idle. The avatar as a mean of communication is certainly very appealing. It would be interesting to see if when facing this rendering, we would react to the expressions displayed.<\/p>\n