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The fake Tom Cruise on TikTok, while not "photo-real" in any sense of the word, seems to overcome any uncanny valley effects through shear force of personality.
by ArtWomb 5y ago
The fake Tom Cruise on TikTok, while not "photo-real" in any sense of the word, seems to overcome any uncanny valley effects through shear force of personality. We don't just observe the face, we react to the spirit behind it. In that case, the effects artist found "Vienna's foremost Tom Cruise impersonator" to provide the mocap. And then painstakingly mapped the face overlay to the emotional cues in musculature. And those seem to be the feature detectors we pick up on, rather than the highest fidelity.
- gfaster 5y agoSo much of TikTok seems firmly in what might be considered the uncanny valley. Lots of just slightly speed up footage, advanced (but not perfect) tts, and video effects and filters are everywhere. I think we might just be getting better at tuning out the imperfections than anything else. Something to think about is what would you ten years ago think of that video? Would your brain smooth over the imperfections like you do today, or would it jump out and be nearly unwatchable?