Comments on: Video: Impressive yet useless image software of the day

By: Bradky

Bradky — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:00:06 +0000

My Japanese is a little rusty but I am pretty sure she was saying something along the lines of “There is no else in the world I would share my iphone with but Allahpundit”

By: Kini

Kini — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:08:44 +0000

I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy

By: Coronagold

Coronagold — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:35:54 +0000

AP’s right. Lobotomy is the perfect word. If the camera pulled back I bet we’d see her bound in a straightjacket.

By: Alden Pyle

Alden Pyle — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:58:56 +0000

That is one hot toon. The glasses add about 35 degrees to her temperature.

By: hillbillyjim

hillbillyjim — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:57:59 +0000

Not until they add the AI feature. I want to hear her whisper, “Seal the border.”

Allahpundit on September 18, 2007 at 9:41 AM

Funniest Gobsmackin’ comment EVAH!!!!!!!!!

By: Merovign

Merovign — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:30:14 +0000

From the website:

We are planning to offer a system that you can create MotionPortrait from any picture you like. Please wait for a little while.

But I want it NOW!

Come on, Sony, millions of nerds have been collection millions of jpegs for years, just waiting for this!

And no rootkit this time!

By: Kini

Kini — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:15:23 +0000

lobotomy girl

Hmmm, lobotomy, drool

By: MirCat

MirCat — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:53:18 +0000

Wait a second! Is this the matriarc of .....? - The Cat

By: MirCat

MirCat — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:48:50 +0000

I hope that people understand that the butterfly thing is showing how the sprites interact. I only point this out for the one’s who can’t get The Onion posts.

- The Cat

P.S. Rush has Rio Linda, HotAir has Onion People.

P.P.S. Just think what this will do for The Sims IV

By: Merovign

Merovign — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:18:14 +0000

A little decent voice synthesis software (if it’s ever invented), and you’ll make a killing in pr0n.

But on a less lascivious note, interactive computer avatars are pretty massively cool in sci-fi, and would probably be pretty popular (if not productive) in real life.

Okay, that’s only slightly less lascivious.

By: TallDave

TallDave — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:01:56 +0000

I would hit that.

By: Nethicus

Nethicus — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:28:33 +0000

Somebody’s bound to use that in an electronic headstone, to freak people out when they come to leave flowers or whatever. Awesome.

I can see it now.

“Get off! Get off! Holy crap you’re heavy. Does it look like I’m here, waiting for people to come around and step on me? You want me to come by your place when you’re sleep and step on your pelvis? How about a little tap dance? Perhaps some ballet? Go on, get moving you twit. Nothing to see here but an angry corpse. Go on, before I crawl out of this grave and eat your brains!”

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:21:12 +0000

Is a MySpace avatar that smiles, moves its head slightly, and generally behaves as thought it’s been lobotomized really that much cooler than a static photo?

by Allahpundit

No. But it got your attention, and MySpace some free publicity.

By: Sir Loin

Sir Loin — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:17:11 +0000

Somebody’s bound to use that in an electronic headstone, to freak people out when they come to leave flowers or whatever. Awesome.

By: ScottG

ScottG — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:10:51 +0000

I’d hit it.

lorien1973 on September 18, 2007 at 10:54 AM

That’s probably where this technology is planned to lead….

By: Esthier

Esthier — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:58:47 +0000

Couldn’t this technology be used to keep Bin Laden “alive” through the next century?

By: lorien1973

lorien1973 — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:54:44 +0000

I’d hit it.

By: MSGTAS

MSGTAS — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:36:10 +0000

Continues to show how impressionable we are.

It is a fact, I spoke to a friend who was a Japanese engineer for Sony in 1974, he stated that Americans will buy any electronic device or product we produce, as long as we put a lot buttons, knobs, lights on the and paint it black. The buttons, knobs, lights etc. do not have to actually function because the human senses can not actually hear, see or understand what is being presented to them.

This video, the robotic kid and dog continue to highlight how shallow we are which makes us very easy targets for manipulation.

By: tneloms

tneloms — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:08:05 +0000

15 years away from affordable VR? What about things like Second Life? You don’t think people would love to have their avatar have an animated version of their (or someone else’s) face?

By: petefrt

petefrt — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:51:23 +0000

Hey, if utility is what you want, ya can't beat this.

By: Mcguyver

Mcguyver — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:50:06 +0000

9:41 AM

Indeed, that would be justice, but no “fun”.

By: Rugged Individual

Rugged Individual — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:45:39 +0000

The dictators and the terrorists they back are going to love that… Who knows…? They may even invest in its further research and development, with oil money and the checks they get from the Iranians, Syrians and Saudis, for sending their kids off to play homicide bombers. And…, if the bad guys like it, we KNOW the Dems will love it, right…?

By: Allahpundit

Allahpundit — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:41:37 +0000

Now you know what to do with your most favorite still shot of Kirsten Powers, Allahpundit…. You know the one where she is holding her hand over mouth and giggling?

Not until they add the AI feature. I want to hear her whisper, “Seal the border.”

By: trailortrash

trailortrash — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:39:09 +0000

LOL

By: aero

aero — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:37:57 +0000

Somehow, the fact that she’s speaking Japanese makes the creepy plastic factor work. If she were speaking English–not so much.