Making Faces
The Grimace Project is a freakishly cool facial expression generator that came out a few weeks ago in which you can mix and match any two of the six "emotional primaries" that I charted in Chapter 2 of Making Comics.
The project comes out of the Vienna University of Technology under the guidance of Peter Purgathofer. The team kindly acknowledges me, but credit is equally due to my own inspirations for the charts, artist Gary Faigin and researcher Paul Eckman -- not to mention Mr. Darwin.
Facial expressions should be taught in every grade school. Just because kids can "write" and "read" them through instinct is no reason not to help them understand this powerful communicative tool we all carry around on the front of our heads. Widgets like the Grimace Project could be a great starting point.
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... And creepy ...
I think this is what they talk about when they say that robots have to be just like humans or not like humans at all, or the subtle differences in their facial clues will weird people out - some of the faces this thing can make are almost TOO good.
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I was thinking much the same thing - about teaching people how to read expressions - when watching Lie To Me the other day. But that sort of knowledge is both fascinating and practical, so I don't know if it would really be suited to a classroom environment. Figure out a way to make it boring, then they'll be all over it. :)
hey..
Anonymous
February 26 2009, 05:59:22 UTC 12 years ago
Re: hey..
February 26 2009, 06:07:00 UTC 12 years ago
A lot's been happening recently, but I have to pace myself or I'll have a 6,000 word post right out of the gate. ;-)
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Asperger'sSyndrome
February 28 2009, 18:21:16 UTC 12 years ago
I know of someone using it (Scott's book) in that way since they have difficulty deciphering expressions. Having shown this (Grimace Project version) to them I was told "that is the most useful thing I have seen in my whole life!! Epic!!"
Re: Asperger'sSyndrome
February 28 2009, 23:04:52 UTC 12 years ago
Do you know this?
Anonymous
February 19 2011, 16:11:58 UTC 10 years ago
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