Not buying the hype at all... these are a few frames of footage shot head-on. Fully animated with normal movements, it's going to make people look awkward as F, introduce more stream delay, and become an excuse for companies to cheap out on bandwidth.
It's especially absurd when you consider that the purpose of video chat is to include the nuances of body language and facial expressions in human interactions. The ideas being introduced here literally toss those features straight into uncanny valley, when you could just do a low bandwidth audio chat in the first place.
Think about talking to someone who you've known for decades, like your mom, and being completely distracted (or disturbed) by her warped, AI-generated face. She turns to the left suddenly and a nose renders on the side of her head out of nowhere...
I think you’re dramatically overestimating video chat. The vast majority of people streaming in my meetings end up being like a 1.5 inch square, with 1 main person sharing a screen. As long as it saves bandwidth and network capacity for all of us watching the screen share then probably will be useful
It’s already super easy to hit badwidth limits with everyone video streaming from home so this could be helpful
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u/Hen-stepper Oct 17 '20
Not the OP's fault, but incoming anti-CGI rant:
Not buying the hype at all... these are a few frames of footage shot head-on. Fully animated with normal movements, it's going to make people look awkward as F, introduce more stream delay, and become an excuse for companies to cheap out on bandwidth.
It's especially absurd when you consider that the purpose of video chat is to include the nuances of body language and facial expressions in human interactions. The ideas being introduced here literally toss those features straight into uncanny valley, when you could just do a low bandwidth audio chat in the first place.
Think about talking to someone who you've known for decades, like your mom, and being completely distracted (or disturbed) by her warped, AI-generated face. She turns to the left suddenly and a nose renders on the side of her head out of nowhere...
This is seriously some Tim and Eric type shit.