Re:Nvidia Uses AI to Slash Bandwidth on Video Calls
by cordite on Friday October 09, 2020 @12:15PM
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This sounds a lot like the movie Surrogates, where at one point the protagonist notices the badge of a android surrogate is completely different from the human behind the surrogate (as printed on the badge).
Re:Nvidia Uses AI to Slash Bandwidth on Video Calls
by dhyreueu on Friday October 09, 2020 @10:53AM
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There's a Webtoon (it's okay but not great) that had a premise I think will turn out to be precient and reminds me of your last bit. The gist is that it's a future where everyone wears vr goggles. As a result, the teens in the comic all have personalized visuals mapped to their bodies that you can see if you also have your goggle's on when you look at them. The cooler kids even have full blown avatars that cover up their entire body and make them look like everything from aliens to elves.
Re:Nvidia Uses AI to Slash Bandwidth on Video Calls
by godelski on Saturday October 10, 2020 @02:46AM
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I'm reminded of Permutation City where they talk to one another with virtual avatars that are able to mask emotional responses and such.
1. the phenomenon of VTubers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_YouTuber
2. in the virtual animal crossing late night show, Animal Talking, the presenter's (Gary Whitta) avatar doesn't really resemble how the presenter looks in real life https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Talking_with_Gary_Whi...
3. I watch a lot of interview s with people in VR Chat and it's very interesting how people seem to find it easier(?) to open up while they are embodying a character. https://youtu.be/KZWOXgc7PA4
Being able to experiment with identity in this way is really interesting to me, and I hope it becomes more mainstream with the proliferation of this technology