Video: Sony's MotionPortrait turns photos into 3D animations with chilling effect
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Jun 4th 2009 6:05AM
posted Jun 4th 2009 6:05AM
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dear lord that is frightening
They have a unique sense of humor for sure. It's refreshing in a way.
@000000: And terrifying, in another?
Oh gosh, i 'm speechless....terrifically speechless!
Hmm...anyone else thinking....THE GRUDGE?!
More like Black Hole Sun.
Ok that shit is scary. And I've seen over 9000 scary things that didn't bother me, but this takes the cake (is not a lie).
Freaky enough to make a children's TV show from, almost as scary as that horrible thomas the tank engine, which still freaks me out.
God, that was disturbing..
i really felt like stopping it before that smile(?) reached its climax.
i wasn't sure whether i was supposed to be scared or to find this hilarious.. i laughed for a solid 30 seconds *while avoiding eye contact with the demon lord*. ^^
Damn... and I was just going to go to bed. I'm going to have to sleep with the lights on now... (shudder)
That totally just killed my will to sleep. Seriously. What the hell?
Holy sh*t, that's freaky!
leave it up to the Japanese to find something they think is practical, but is ultmately the thing that will give us nightmares :(
Reminded me a bit of that horror movie with Sarah Michelle Gellar, "the grudge", if you haven't seen it, and are awake anyway all night.. watch it to be freaked.
That's some freakiness there.
WTF was that all about
Apparently, the Japanese lady with the sword begins morphing into the Joker after cutting his tie... but then it ends suddenly. Just like The Sopranos. I don't get into these artsy college films either... Blair Witch sucked.
I think I speak for most when I say; WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!
COME WITH ME IF YOU WANT TO LIVE.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mTCgIHpQXE#t=2m43s
I think I'd take my chances...
This'll be pretty awesome if they can introduce some facial expressions that aren't all variations of a "lunatic-psycho" theme. Even when the 3D character was trying to smile at the end (I presume that's what it was doing) it still looked like it was only a few seconds away from murdering a family of kittens
Every time you animate a 3D shape created from a 2D image "something" kills a kitten...
I think we have just seen that something...
@rDub
That'd be me.
quite funny :).
i'm 12 and what is this?
am 25 and i have no clue..
LOL at the YouTube joke.
I'm 33 and also lost with this one ..
You're probably too old to understand.
except for the mouth its... omg real virtual reality is here.
That is creepy and not in a good way.
Holy mother of God, thats disturbing!!
The text at the end says "office love prohibition" for those who are interested.
The meaning is "office love IS prohibited" though.
im a pc and i kick apple's ass
Hi im a reader and i iz here to downz rank youz
ok now i can make more prank videos if i have it lol!
the thing at the end says: office love…
but wtf? :D
damn, didn't notice the kanji at the top. :D
A perfect example for the "uncanny valley" definition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley
Actually, MotionPortrait has been around for a while, now - they have some Flash demos on their about page at motionportrait.com. In particular, the following one is absolutely fantastic to put on people's browsers while they're away (hit F11 for maximum effect)
http://www.motionportrait.com/about/TIminoriHair.swf
Creeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepy
What the hell???
Dont worry, Its easy to change your avitar back to something less shocking
http://www.motionportrait.com/e/demo/
Go here, and then upload a photo of yourself to the top one, if you thought the video of the japanese sword-wielding weirdo was strange, just try having your own face twisted about!
Not to find that picture of my friends wife and some 'alone' time.....
err... Not = Now
http://i40.tinypic.com/2qn4hev.jpg
Oh my god, I just burst out laughing in my office and everyone's looking at me.
Sony actually made this?? Wtf?? freaky as hell
Holy fucking shit those eyes and smile. Ugh.
Don't shit yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufoApSKRaCs
nearly just as freaky . . . and yes I think I shat myself . .
Ever heard of Poser? Easy to do with their software
what planet is Japan on??
Oh, it's on planet Earth alright. Wrong century though, they're in 2200AD. This is in strong contrast to a place such as the USA, which is on planet Sparta, in the same era as in the movie.
LMAO!!
Just wet myself...
Related research from IEEE
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kiss my AXE - Well view it for more details
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Try to different beard style on a face
http://ping.fm/yMzzY
Anything else...
put this in video games plz?
A few Tony Hawk games already have this.
The Grudge 3 movie is out already?
Can't breathe!
Oh my god I can't unsee it the demons THE DEMONS aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Oh, great. There go my good trousers.
Whaat.......
Just because you CAN does not mean you SHOULD. Sony has spent a lot of money in researching and finally proving that statement!
UNCANNY VALLEY!!!!!!!
Isn't that the actor form Great Teacher Onizaku (the live version of course)?
AHHH KILL IT KILL IT KILL IT!
Why so serious?
That's the kind of smile only a mother could love.
A mother that eats her young.
We will never understand the japanese.
Jesus Christ, talk about plummeting straight down into the valley.
So maybe I can actually be the character in fallout New Vegas...... Except my expressions will be crazy lookin all the time.......
What...the...hell? *GRIN*
My skin just came off my body and ran away
what the hell, are they trying to show some LSD visuals on her face?
until the Japanese totally invade earth I will continue doing me own passport photos at http://ePassportPhoto.com
--shelly
It's nice how they also achieved superhuman vision, 'cause the girl can see from behind the guy's back that his necktie was cut.
what just happened??!?!
i think ill have some nightmares about that one tonight...
After reading the comments I have opted not to watch the video.
I dunno... I was kinda aroused while watching that.
On another note, can they incorporate this technology into pr0n? I always wanted to bone a girl.
The Office, Japanese edition....
See also http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-09-13/haruhi-game-showcased-with-interactive-3d-web-haruhi