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I remember for a long while everything was "Toy Story" quality in real time, the PS2, the PS3, etc. It never really was. But at some point, we definitely passe

by jerf 5y ago

I remember for a long while everything was "Toy Story" quality in real time, the PS2, the PS3, etc. It never really was. But at some point, we definitely passed it. The room is nifty, but mostly been done. But that is a pretty good person. Lip sync is a bit off somehow... I think perhaps just too overexaggerated in the motions. But I couldn't tell you from a still frame that wasn't a real person, in real clothes. I also continue to find it amusing that we can build a person like that and sell it as commercial tech, but we still have to record people talking. (Though TTS has taken an interesting turn lately, after years of not much.)

zokier 5y ago
> I also continue to find it amusing that we can build a person like that and sell it as commercial tech, but we still have to record people talking. (Though TTS has taken an interesting turn lately, after years of not much.) I suspect part of the problem is that dialog in games is still largely "static"; if the writing is pre-canned then it does not make that much sense to try to develop advanced tts to act it out. The situation will become interesting if we manage to produce sufficiently dynamic dialog system where it is not feasible to use pre-recorded voice acting anymore.
- account42 5y ago
  Even with static writing, there is a huge cost to voice acting in dialogue-heavy games and good tts could help a lot here.
elliekelly 5y ago
Tangentially related: Why can’t movie studios use a SnapChat-like filter to replace the mouth movement of foreign language films with the mouth movement of the voiceover actors? I feel like that technology definitely exists. There are so many great foreign movies & shows but the voiceover + unmatched mouth movement can be so distracting. Is it just too expensive?
- Animats 5y ago
  That's available now. Can't find the link, but it exists at movie quality for non real time. It will probably become as routine as automatic dialog replacement.
- dvirsky 5y ago
  I wouldn't want to watch something like that, I want to watch the original film. Then again I also never watch dubbed movies/tv, I prefer reading subtitles.

by jerf 5y ago

zokier 5y ago

> I also continue to find it amusing that we can build a person like that and sell it as commercial tech, but we still have to record people talking. (Though TTS has taken an interesting turn lately, after years of not much.) I suspect part of the problem is that dialog in games is still largely "static"; if the writing is pre-canned then it does not make that much sense to try to develop advanced tts to act it out. The situation will become interesting if we manage to produce sufficiently dynamic dialog system where it is not feasible to use pre-recorded voice acting anymore.

account42 5y ago
Even with static writing, there is a huge cost to voice acting in dialogue-heavy games and good tts could help a lot here.

elliekelly 5y ago

Tangentially related: Why can’t movie studios use a SnapChat-like filter to replace the mouth movement of foreign language films with the mouth movement of the voiceover actors? I feel like that technology definitely exists. There are so many great foreign movies & shows but the voiceover + unmatched mouth movement can be so distracting. Is it just too expensive?

Animats 5y ago
That's available now. Can't find the link, but it exists at movie quality for non real time. It will probably become as routine as automatic dialog replacement.
dvirsky 5y ago
I wouldn't want to watch something like that, I want to watch the original film. Then again I also never watch dubbed movies/tv, I prefer reading subtitles.