The State of Computer Face Graphics - Neatorama

The man in this video is not real. He never existed. He is completely computer-generated by Snappers Mocaps. The designer can control him completely with a mouse: his expression, his gaze, and his lip movements.

The features of this software are listed at the YouTube page, including, "Compatible with all game engines and animation packages." Soon, video games will look this real, and you know humans in movies will follow quickly. If he stood still, or even moved without the cursor in a way that didn't indicate it was a demonstration, it would take you a while to realize who he is. But as soon as that realization sinks in, you enter the uncanny valley. -via Digg

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MAN this is cool... I sculpt and rig models and maya. I would love to see a full breakdown or conference on how the tool works and how it can be implemented for creators. This demo is neat but obscures how anything works.

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The Blender Foundation has a good series of videos that show the concepts of CGI. In this case, they helped me appreciate the complex rigging shown here.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSMOQeBJ2RAnuFungnQOxLg

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I took a speed reading class in college. Two tips from there:
1. Take the test and then immediately attempt to double your speed. Most people lose only 10% comprehension at double speed.
2. Crib the night before on tomorrow's subject matter. I once got infinite speed by not reading and getting 67% on the test.

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I know this is only a bit of fun, but only a couple of paragraphs of text and only 3 questions makes for a pretty bad test! I took it three times (the fourth time I got the first text again so I assume there are only 3) and got scores ranging from 1000 to 1450 words per minute and 100% on the questions. I'm a fast reader (not a speed reader) but there is no way on Earth I'm that fast in reality! (Plus reading a novel at that speed would be just horrible!)

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I'm afraid my score will suffer from the odd habits I've picked up as a blogger. If I am reading something to see if it is worth posting here, then I skim the first sentence of each paragraph only. I'm in a hurry to get to the point. Then if it is good enough to use, I go back and find the relevant facts.

If I am reading for pleasure (meaning something I want to read but know I can't use so I am in hurry), I use the first few paragraphs to judge the writer's style, so I can figure out how many sentences I can skip along the way while reading the rest of it.

Those are horrible habits, but time management is crucial in this business.

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When my mom was in grade school (she is 55 now, you do the math;-) speed reading was the thing of the future, and, for that reason, was included as a standard part of her learning. Now, because it is so ingrained, she can't NOT speed read; she would have to completely retrain to read slower.

My own reading speed is average.

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I'm a slow reader. I get distracted easily so have to go back and reread what I just read :P

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