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Author Topic: SOE's face expression recognizer for RP  (Read 2117 times)

IzzyChan

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SOE's face expression recognizer for RP
« on: 02 Jun 2012, 06:38 »
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The future is here and it’s full of Ratonga. SOE is adding new facial recognition tech to EverQuest 2 that lets the game track your movement and facial expressions and replicate them on your avatar in real-time. Voice chat is also built into the feature so that your character will animate naturally while you talk.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/06/01/soemote-implants-your-facial-expressions-movement-and-voice-onto-your-eq2-avatar/

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Alain Colcer

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Re: SOE's face expression recognizer for RP
« Reply #1 on: 02 Jun 2012, 07:18 »
so, uhm, if you are picking your nose constantly, that will be shown?
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Re: SOE's face expression recognizer for RP
« Reply #2 on: 02 Jun 2012, 07:57 »
RP being something I do to portray something OTHER than myself, I don't really see this 'feature' as anything but a shitty gimmick.
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Re: SOE's face expression recognizer for RP
« Reply #3 on: 02 Jun 2012, 09:53 »
Can it detect tears?
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Re: SOE's face expression recognizer for RP
« Reply #4 on: 02 Jun 2012, 09:58 »
Quote from: Jev North on 02 Jun 2012, 09:53
Can it detect tears?

What all griefers want to know.
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Re: SOE's face expression recognizer for RP
« Reply #5 on: 02 Jun 2012, 14:50 »
Interesting, though I'm not sure if this really a tool for RP... or at least for RP as I know it.  Speaking for myself, roleplaying in a MMO is a literary exercise.  It is basically improvisational group story writing from a first person perspective.  Physically acting things out just doesn't factor in.  For instance, a character of mine might encounter a situation to which I would have him or her react angrily, but because the situation conveys an inside joke or strikes a particular chord with me as a player, I might be smiling while I craft an angry line of dialogue or 'stage' action.  Can't imagine I would ever use this.

But yea, neat stuff even if it's just a gimmick.
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Re: SOE's face expression recognizer for RP
« Reply #6 on: 02 Jun 2012, 14:51 »
As a tech demo, it's neat. For light / casual-ish RP, it's even neater.
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