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Could the folks at E Ink not afford a stock photo of a mall to Photoshop their product into for their press release? That first image looks like a fever dream.

stevewodil 2y ago
What is the issue?
- 1317 2y ago
  i didn't notice it at first either look at the names of the shops
- jodrellblank 2y ago
  Look at the name of the shop on the left. It's an AI stable-diffusion type image. Look at the person standing on the right in the background who sort of has two heads? The top right the upper walkway has a blue glass wall which also waterfalls into the white wall. The shop on the left, where is that dress? Inside or outside? The window to the left of the dress with the white rectangle outline is in front of the dress at the top of the picture and behind it at the bottom of the picture.
- seanmcdirmid 2y ago
  It looks like it was AI generated, which makes us question if the product is also AI generated and doesn't really exist. I'm sure this is just bad advertising, they didn't take a shortcut with the product but they took a shortcut in showcasing the product, to the detriment of people actually believing if this is a real product.
grayhatter 2y ago
if you ignore the dystopian hellscape that this comment is about to glorify... this does seem like the ideal (commercial) use case for AI imagery. The first being because I was only interested in the color gamut or fidelity of the eink, I completely filtered out the atrocity that is that AI generated mall... The AI generation they used is very well trained to produce images that, with only an instantaneous glance has no artifacts that immediately jump out as out of place. I'd describe it as a background blur you're less likely to notice. The caveat being a blur would be completely unremarkable, while this background is... unfortunate... fever dream does seem quite apt.
glitchc 2y ago
Agreed. More importantly, it's hard to believe that the relative contrast difference matches real-world use. They would have been much better off taking a proper photograph.
- gamblor956 2y ago
  Note that if you view the gallery, the 2nd and 3rd photos are real-world photos from industry expos. If the Kaleido 3 Outdoor is similar to how the Gallery 3 panels work, image refreshes are very slow compared to the standard Kaleido 3 panels (which can't do vivid colors): on the order of seconds. This is acceptable for displays that change every few minutes or hours, but would be unusable handheld devices. It's interesting that they've chosen to continue the Kaleido lineage rather than make a stronger push for Gallery.
dyauspitr 2y ago
You wouldn’t catch it if that lettering on that store looked fine.
- xattt 2y ago
  You don’t shop at CBIIAHO?

stevewodil 2y ago

What is the issue?

1317 2y ago
i didn't notice it at first either look at the names of the shops
jodrellblank 2y ago
Look at the name of the shop on the left. It's an AI stable-diffusion type image. Look at the person standing on the right in the background who sort of has two heads? The top right the upper walkway has a blue glass wall which also waterfalls into the white wall. The shop on the left, where is that dress? Inside or outside? The window to the left of the dress with the white rectangle outline is in front of the dress at the top of the picture and behind it at the bottom of the picture.
seanmcdirmid 2y ago
It looks like it was AI generated, which makes us question if the product is also AI generated and doesn't really exist. I'm sure this is just bad advertising, they didn't take a shortcut with the product but they took a shortcut in showcasing the product, to the detriment of people actually believing if this is a real product.

grayhatter 2y ago

if you ignore the dystopian hellscape that this comment is about to glorify... this does seem like the ideal (commercial) use case for AI imagery. The first being because I was only interested in the color gamut or fidelity of the eink, I completely filtered out the atrocity that is that AI generated mall... The AI generation they used is very well trained to produce images that, with only an instantaneous glance has no artifacts that immediately jump out as out of place. I'd describe it as a background blur you're less likely to notice. The caveat being a blur would be completely unremarkable, while this background is... unfortunate... fever dream does seem quite apt.

glitchc 2y ago

Agreed. More importantly, it's hard to believe that the relative contrast difference matches real-world use. They would have been much better off taking a proper photograph.

gamblor956 2y ago
Note that if you view the gallery, the 2nd and 3rd photos are real-world photos from industry expos. If the Kaleido 3 Outdoor is similar to how the Gallery 3 panels work, image refreshes are very slow compared to the standard Kaleido 3 panels (which can't do vivid colors): on the order of seconds. This is acceptable for displays that change every few minutes or hours, but would be unusable handheld devices. It's interesting that they've chosen to continue the Kaleido lineage rather than make a stronger push for Gallery.

dyauspitr 2y ago

You wouldn’t catch it if that lettering on that store looked fine.

xattt 2y ago
You don’t shop at CBIIAHO?