“In all the many years I have known him, Mike has consistently demonstrated a level of insight into media production and associated software applications, that is all the more astonishing, given the sheer range of different technologies involved. I have been fortunate enough to be part of years of internal development discussions, and Mike has a knack of predicting trends and patterns that at times even we do not realize. Simply, FXGuide is the essential “go to" resource for all industry professionals in computer graphics, and Mike is the finest technical commentator active in the production industry, universally respected by his peers.”
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A new podcast with Mike Seymour on fxguide on our innovations in Photogrammetry, HDRI Lighting, and Facial Scanning for the 25th anniversary of our…
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It is great to hear what motivated someone to innovate the way Paul Debevec has, and how the various arcs of those decisions brought him to where he…
It is great to hear what motivated someone to innovate the way Paul Debevec has, and how the various arcs of those decisions brought him to where he…
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Sue Brown issued a call for more research on high impact social issues tied to the inclusion of #ai in sociotechnical issues. She underscored that…
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Actors, Avatars and Agents: Potentials and Implications of Natural Face Technology for the Creation of Realistic Visual Presence
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See publicationWe are on the cusp of creating realistic, interactive, fully rendered human faces on computers that transcend the “uncanny valley,” widely known for capturing the phenomenon of “eeriness” in faces that are almost, but not fully realistic. Because humans are hardwired to respond to faces in uniquely positive ways, artificial realistic faces hold great promise for advancing human interaction with machines. For example, realistic avatars will enable presentation of human actors in virtual…
We are on the cusp of creating realistic, interactive, fully rendered human faces on computers that transcend the “uncanny valley,” widely known for capturing the phenomenon of “eeriness” in faces that are almost, but not fully realistic. Because humans are hardwired to respond to faces in uniquely positive ways, artificial realistic faces hold great promise for advancing human interaction with machines. For example, realistic avatars will enable presentation of human actors in virtual collaboration settings with new levels of realism; artificial natural faces will allow the embodiment of cognitive agents, such as Amazon’s Alexa or Apple’s Siri, putting us on a path to create “artificial human” entities in the near future. In this conceptual paper, we introduce natural face technology (NFT) and its potential for creating realistic visual presence (RVP), a sensation of presence in interaction with a digital actor, as if present with another human. We contribute a forward-looking research agenda to information systems (IS) research, comprising terminology, early conceptual work, concrete ideas for research projects, and a broad range of research questions for engaging with this emerging, transformative technology as it becomes available for application. By doing so, we respond to calls for “blue ocean research” that explores unchartered territory and makes a novel technology accessible to IS early in its application. We outline promising areas of application and foreshadow philosophical, ethical, and conceptual questions for IS research pertaining to the more speculative phenomena of “living with artificial humans.”
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WIRED : Design-fx
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At fxguide we contribute a regular video show for WIRED magazine, the world's most respected tech magazine and a part of CNE. It is our great honor to have partnered with them and to contribute. The Design FX series has been going for several years now and draws a huge number of viewers often over 500,000 and sometimes over 1.5 million viewers.
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Behind the Scenes
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The most watched and viral videos for The Daily was a 58 episode "Behind The Scenes" series I created, wrote, produced and edited along with my friends at fxguide.com. With close to 4 million views, these exclusive videos gave viewers an inside look at the creative process behind the biggest movies.
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Best Paper HICSS 2019 Hawaii
HICSS 52nd Conference
In January the Motus Lab presented two papers at the 52nd annual Hawaiian International Conference of System Sciences (HICSS) conference in Hawaii. This conference is a mix of IT and IS researchers with major industry involvement.
Crossing the Uncanny Valley? Understanding Affinity, Trustworthiness and Preference for more Realistic Virtual humans in Immersive Environments
by Mike Seymour. Lingyao Yuan, Alan Dennis and Kai Riemer
This paper won Best Paper Award and the Best…In January the Motus Lab presented two papers at the 52nd annual Hawaiian International Conference of System Sciences (HICSS) conference in Hawaii. This conference is a mix of IT and IS researchers with major industry involvement.
Crossing the Uncanny Valley? Understanding Affinity, Trustworthiness and Preference for more Realistic Virtual humans in Immersive Environments
by Mike Seymour. Lingyao Yuan, Alan Dennis and Kai Riemer
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Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts Awards
Hunt Angels : Best Visual Effects
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Emmy nominated
Academy of Television Arts And Sciences
Farscape ScFi Mini-Series
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Good on them. This will lead to higher quality submissions and quicker decisions. Reviewers’ role is to ascertain the quality of my paper, not try to…
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In the run-up to the Emmys this year: we sit down with Foundation's Chris Maclean and discuss Season 2.
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