Seems it's hard for computers to simulate people when they're too fake already. Want to shave a few decades off your unglamorous acting pate? Avoid the botox.
Film makers could also use Contour to set back the clock on an actor's age, Mr. Perlman says, giving audiences, say, the Meryl Streep of "Sophie's Choice" from 1982 rather than "The Devil Wears Prada." There could be trouble, though, with actors that have attempted to slow the aging process on their own. Mr. Perlman says Mova has run into problems with facial captures, even with its older motion-capture system, when actors have recently had Botox injections, which can immobilize sections of the face. Now Mova asks actors to avoid Botox treatments for several months before they come in for facial capture sessions.
WSJ.com - Digital Replicas May Change Face of Films
These are the ironies I love about this postmodern age ;)
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