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They just keep coming for the kids. This isn't even redeemable from a technical perspective as Disney has been doing this same thing on their cruise ships -in

They just keep coming for the kids. This isn't even redeemable from a technical perspective as Disney has been doing this same thing on their cruise ships -in the Animator's Palate dining hall- for at least a decade.

netrus 5y ago
The technically interesting thing is the automatic generation of the "bones", something the Disney solution does not do - they make you draw your character within a predefined grid.
- nerdponx 5y ago
  It's definitely technically interesting. But it's too bad that every new piece of technology nowadays has a huge asterisk attached: please sign away your family's privacy and security, We Promise You Can Trust Us. I guess I'll just have to pass.
treesprite82 5y ago
> This isn't even redeemable from a technical perspective as Disney has been doing this same thing on their cruise ships -in the Animator's Palate dining hall- for at least a decade. The main interesting part about Facebook's approach is inferring bones from a humanoid drawing (even if other unrelated objects are on the page). From what I can tell off of some Youtube videos, the Disney version has guests draw the bones already separated on a template like this: https://i.imgur.com/AGxvsFq.png https://i.imgur.com/AGxvsFq.png A couple more things Facebook's method appears to handle better, but wouldn't be strictly out-of-reach for traditional methods, are morphing the limbs rather than having them as separate detached parts and identifying which parts of the background are inside of the figure so should be kept opaque. Comparison: https://i.imgur.com/KlJbtqy.png https://i.imgur.com/KlJbtqy.png
- jeffrogers 5y ago
  Yes, true. I should have chosen my words more carefully. While the technology is better in a number of ways and the result is incrementally better in this specific application, the incrementally better result is arguably not worth the technical lengths and costs it took to get it. And what is not redeemable is the enticement, see here: https://imgur.com/vCyJgRE https://imgur.com/vCyJgRE
mensetmanusman 5y ago
This might be more for the parents of kids since the fun/crazy drawings of children stop at about the age of 6 or so :)

netrus 5y ago

The technically interesting thing is the automatic generation of the "bones", something the Disney solution does not do - they make you draw your character within a predefined grid.

nerdponx 5y ago
It's definitely technically interesting. But it's too bad that every new piece of technology nowadays has a huge asterisk attached: please sign away your family's privacy and security, We Promise You Can Trust Us. I guess I'll just have to pass.

treesprite82 5y ago

> This isn't even redeemable from a technical perspective as Disney has been doing this same thing on their cruise ships -in the Animator's Palate dining hall- for at least a decade. The main interesting part about Facebook's approach is inferring bones from a humanoid drawing (even if other unrelated objects are on the page). From what I can tell off of some Youtube videos, the Disney version has guests draw the bones already separated on a template like this: https://i.imgur.com/AGxvsFq.png https://i.imgur.com/AGxvsFq.png A couple more things Facebook's method appears to handle better, but wouldn't be strictly out-of-reach for traditional methods, are morphing the limbs rather than having them as separate detached parts and identifying which parts of the background are inside of the figure so should be kept opaque. Comparison: https://i.imgur.com/KlJbtqy.png https://i.imgur.com/KlJbtqy.png

jeffrogers 5y ago
Yes, true. I should have chosen my words more carefully. While the technology is better in a number of ways and the result is incrementally better in this specific application, the incrementally better result is arguably not worth the technical lengths and costs it took to get it. And what is not redeemable is the enticement, see here: https://imgur.com/vCyJgRE https://imgur.com/vCyJgRE

mensetmanusman 5y ago

This might be more for the parents of kids since the fun/crazy drawings of children stop at about the age of 6 or so :)