Artist uses a computer model of his face to get a French National ID
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Re: Artist uses a computer model of his face to get a French National ID
#2This is a perfect example of the uncanny valley for anyone not familiar with the concept. It's just beyond the threshold enough to make the viewer feel as if something's off.
Re: Artist uses a computer model of his face to get a French National ID
#3This is a perfect example of the uncanny valley for anyone not familiar with the concept. It's just beyond the threshold enough to make the viewer feel as if something's off.
Yeah. I do think it looks really good though. Especially on the actual ID the difference is hard to tell.
The hair is the thing that gives it away most to me. Do love the detail with the beard stubs!
Re: Artist uses a computer model of his face to get a French National ID
#4Hmmmm. Without knowing the details of how the image was created it's hard to say whether this is especially interesting or not.
For example - why would a 3D model based on high-quality photogrammetry be any less "real" than a digital photograph.
It's just a few more stages in a processing pipeline that starts with his real face.
If however - there was no photographic source material - either for geometry or textures - then it becomes much more interesting.
I suspect it's actually somewhere between the two and therefore mildly interesting but not incredibly profound.
Re: Artist uses a computer model of his face to get a French National ID
#5Now we just need a scare story about how two similar-looking men could get a single passport using an "averaged digital composition".
[To bypass a no-fly list, for example]
Re: Artist uses a computer model of his face to get a French National ID
#6The US passport system has you bring in your own photos as well. I wonder if the various law enforcement facial recognition databases account for the potential of people altering photos...changing the distance between eyes, nose, etc. Of course, end users can't alter mug shots.
Re: Artist uses a computer model of his face to get a French National ID
#7Now we just need a scare story about how two similar-looking men could get a single passport using an "averaged digital composition". [To bypass a no-fly list, for example]
Use deep learning to train a bot to scan the Internet for lookalikes of oneself and assume their identity.
Re: Artist uses a computer model of his face to get a French National ID
#8The US passport system has you bring in your own photos as well. I wonder if the various law enforcement facial recognition databases account for the potential of people altering photos...changing the distance between eyes, nose, etc. Of course, end users can't alter mug shots.
The problem is that if you do that, you won't be able to use the epassport gates. Not that they are very efficients, but perhaps one day they will be.
Re: Artist uses a computer model of his face to get a French National ID
#9This is a perfect example of the uncanny valley for anyone not familiar with the concept. It's just beyond the threshold enough to make the viewer feel as if something's off.
> as if something's off
I suspect 2018 is the year that stops being an thing
Re: Artist uses a computer model of his face to get a French National ID
#10Oh that's cool. Would be even cooler if he had embedded some obvious artificial artifact through steganography in the image.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography
I've been messing with the system here by sanding off my prints before applying for a passport:
https://jacquesmattheij.com/the-belt-sander-and-the-battle-f...
That was a fun exercise but this guy takes it to the next level.