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Re:Instagram's 'virtual' celebrities by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @10:34AM (#16755055)
That's an obvious cartoon character though, these are models trying to look like real people - and having fooled people already.
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Re:Instagram's 'virtual' celebrities by freehunter on Wednesday April 04, 2018 @11:52AM (#16755884)
To be fair, I believe people are only fooled because we already do so much CGI to real human celebrities that they're already basically indistinguishable from a well-done virtual creation.

"Normal" humans look far different from celebrities and these CGI creations, but celebrities and these CGI creations look similar because celebrities are already mostly CGI.

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Re:Instagram's 'virtual' celebrities by blanche_ on Thursday April 05, 2018 @03:54AM (#16762792)
I don't think that makes a lot of difference. It is more about identity/persona owned by companies.
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