LA noire facial animation killer tech

I found this video today on yahoo of a different facial tech called "Janimation" and it wipes the floor with LA Noire's facial tech. Unsure if the link will work for people though as it won't let me link it properly.

http://uk.videogames.games.yahoo.com/blog/article/25603/when-games-get-too-realistic.html

that's awesome. doubt we'll see it in a game for decades though, lol.

Very impressive that!

http://uk.videogames.games.yahoo.com/blog/article/25603/when-games-get-too-realistic.html

Better link :http://ie.ign.com/videos/2011/05/20/vfx-head-tech-demo

It looks fantastic but how hardware consuming is it? and will we see it anytime soon? Plus it would make you feel bad playing a game then. Imagine the likes of God of War with those faces, you would feel really bad for killing anyone then

Not with that blokes face,I feel like belting it!

Not with that blokes face,I feel like belting it!

CUDGEdave

Haha true :P

Better link :http://ie.ign.com/videos/2011/05/20/vfx-head-tech-demo

It looks fantastic but how hardware consuming is it? and will we see it anytime soon? Plus it would make you feel bad playing a game then. Imagine the likes of God of War with those faces, you would feel really bad for killing anyone then

seanmcloughlin

I can't remember if it was the people who did Left 4 Dead or Mass Effect but I remember them saying in an interview about the things they had to cut from the game because it had too much in it, sorry I can't think of the words to use but basically it's the amount of data being stored in the actual DVD, they had to cut a heck of a lot out to fit it into 1 DVD which gave me a little shock. Me personally, I wouldn't mind if it was 2 dvd worth of content I got the hardrive space for it, as long as I can install it from Steam or do something to not have to diskswap I'm happy with it.

The point I am trying to make is simply this. I would guess this will require a lot of data, in which case we will be seeing future games using this tech, meaning they will have tocut back on other stuff. Seeing how this is all about graphics and face detail, that's only good for cutscenes, so we are most likley going to only see this type of tech on AAA games witch a duration of about 3-6 hours and a very linear level design. Heavenly Sword type games pretty much.

Unless the games industry changes direction of course.

I think if this started getting into a game it would be a little freaked out. When i was playing LA Noire i was a little spooked at how real there faces are especially since i play a tonne of Retro games so seeing something so high-tech still blows me away.