So Blade Runner's Esper photo analysis went from ruining the suspension of disbelief to reality quicker then most magic.

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taffydavid 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Well, in blade runner he looks around a corner and zooms in microscopic detail on something not visible from the photo.

But the esper interface is all voice activated, and doesn't talk back - which I think is very prescient, and more likely the way things will go. I'd much rather voice assistants just did the thing that I want them to do rather than talk back to me

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janfoeh 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I've never forgotten this SIGGRAPH demo from almost twenty years ago, in which the authors effectively switch camera and light source computationally (... in a static scene) [1]

Ever since then, I have viewed scenes such as the "lingerie store scene" from Enemy of the State [2] with a little bit less eye rolling...

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5_tpq5ejFQ

[2] - https://youtu.be/3EwZQddc3kY?t=6

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MattCruikshank 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I went to high school with the sales clerk, Ivana Miličević.

It's always weird to see her in stuff.

	▲	taffydavid 29 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Oh like Banshee! Which is also weird to see because homelander