Comments on: Short film by Alex Roman

By: Kaj Sotala

Kaj Sotala — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:10:56 +0000

@Shane: Interesting, thanks. I hadn’t noticed that.

By: Roko

Roko — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:20:33 +0000

The man and the sky and the birds are not CGI. Alex posted this on vimeo.

On give-away that it is CGI is that the wind turbines are turning the wrong way.

Now here’s a practical prediction problem: when will Second Life look like that?

By: Shane Legg

Shane Legg — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:29:34 +0000

@Kaj

If you haven’t already, have a look at this short clip where you can see some of the CGI compositing broken down:

http://vimeo.com/8200251

By: Kaj Sotala

Kaj Sotala — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:22:36 +0000

….whoa.

When I first watched it, I had serious difficulty believing that it really was full CGI. On the second watch the signs were clearer, but still, whoa.

By: Aron

Aron — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:14:43 +0000

wow. just wow.

I’d like to see one that thematically pursued the notion ‘would you live here? seriously, would you?’. To capture more than just Thoreau’s heart, we’ll need simulated people, and to have passed further from the uncanny valley. Certainly by the end of the teenies.

By: Roko

Roko — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:13:40 +0000

This is relevant to the simulation hypothesis. Photorealistic rendered video today, ancestor simulations tomorrow…