Some Realistic AI Animations That I Like

[Hornbein]

Recreations of Edo Japan. They have real texture, not that plastic AI look. To me it looks 99% real. The original was however too slow so here's an a tempo version. The only deviation from reality is that everyone is good-looking.



If it can be done with software, why would anyone spend many millions of yen to do this for real? There are however a few mistakes in here, have fun finding them.

I find it strange that no one ever tells what software they used. I'd give them credit.

 

[Klystron]

The slow paced renderings appear natural and realistic. One can imagine muscles moving under the light Summer clothing and imagine Asian carp and other fish lingering beneath the water surface. Superb use of light. Good art.

I was initially suprised by the sequence showing scaffolding on a building under construction. It looks contemporary. This building technique, ubiquitous throughout countries that produce low cost high quality bamboos, reminds me of construction sites along klongs (canals) and rivers in contemporary Khung Tape (modern Bangkok) except that the Edo period constuction workers appear to be all male. In my limited experience modern work sites in SEA employ many women particularly at surface occupations such as digging ditches and carrying dirt.

Very convincing scenarios indicating software development should continue to express greater verisimilitude.

 

[Hornbein]

One reason this is so good is that they have hundreds if not thousands of Japanese period films to draw from. I figure that's why everyone looks like a movie actor.

 

[Hornbein]

the Edo period constuction workers appear to be all male. In my limited experience modern work sites in SEA employ many women particularly at surface occupations such as digging ditches and carrying dirt.

That is true but I would expect Japan to be different. I've never seen anyone carry anything on their head there.

 

[Klystron]

That is true but I would expect Japan to be different. I've never seen anyone carry anything on their head there.

"On their head", no; not in Asia. It depends on the load and container. I have seen Japanese men and women in films and woodcuts carrying tall cylindrical baskets on their backs secured by headbands in front.

Thais, mainly Theravada Buddhists believing in the sanctity of the shoulders and head, might be loathe to place profane objects such as dirt on their heads. Headbands might solve this contretemps, leaving the crown of the head mostly free.

Did not mean to digress from the graphics. I also noted unobtrusive but poignant images of Mount Fuji overlooking several scenes, typical of Edo period paintings and prints.