Former CIA master of disguise helps disfigured people come out of hiding

Re:Former CIA master of disguise helps disfigured people com... by kingforaday on Wednesday November 09, 2022 @05:28PM (#33538963)

It makes me wonder if technology can ever help with scale on something like this that appears to be really determined by true human artistry. Really nice story.

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Re:Former CIA master of disguise helps disfigured people com... by 8n4vidtmkvmk on Thursday November 10, 2022 @02:35AM (#33543382)

i would think so... particularly if only half the face is disfigured we ought to be able to scan the other half and then 3d print a mold... even the coloring seems plausible to machine. not sure if current tooling can do it, but maybe one day

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Re:Former CIA master of disguise helps disfigured people com... by Cthulhu_ on Thursday November 10, 2022 @04:13AM (#33544014)

I think so. We have technology that can create 3D models and high resolution images of faces and we have 3D printing technology. I'm 99% sure tools like this are already used in e.g. limb prosthetics - although I can imagine casts and molds are still cheaper and faster.

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Re:Former CIA master of disguise helps disfigured people com... by langsoul-com on Thursday November 10, 2022 @04:50AM (#33544327)

Facebook shows off a realistic avatar from just a phone scan recently.

Surely that could be converted into some 3d model of sorts.

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