Okay, I no longer believe anything I see on TV

[andrewducker]

Rendering Synthetic Objects into Legacy Photographs from Kevin Karsch on Vimeo.

The video shows CGI being inserted into photos. In a damned impressive manner.

Comments

[emceeaich]

He needs a better physics engine for the animations, but that is an amazing result.

And the GOP will have a field day with that technology in 2012. *shudder*

[nancylebov.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking we've been living in a short, blessed era when photographs could be considered reliable. The era's going to end for video, too.

This being said, I notice that all the fake objects had hard, smooth surfaces, and I don't think the clear dragon looked right, possibly due to lack of enough internal reflections. Still, a few iterations of Moore's Law will solve that.

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I think todays generation will have a totally different attitude towards photographs, I can't imagine a photo will ever have the same power for this generation, than previous ones.

[diotina.livejournal.com]

That's pretty incredible.