Capturing and mapping real life "acting" to a virtual character is actually very useful. Games interweave game play and story telling moments. During story te

Capturing and mapping real life "acting" to a virtual character is actually very useful. Games interweave game play and story telling moments. During story telling moments, using this tech allows the virtual characters to express better emotion. You don't just insert live action actors in the middle of a game in place of the virtual characters because it would be jarring and confusing. You don't use live action actors during interactive game play because all motion combinations and cameras angles need to be synthesized at real-time. For non-games, if you don't want your actor to look like a human, but still want it to express human emotions this is applicable. Think Avatar. If this demo is actually rendering in real-time on a PS3 (ie: not just playing a movie on a PS3), then the graphics are amazing.