Digital humans that look just like us | Doug Roble

In an astonishing talk and tech demo, software researcher Doug Roble debuts "DigiDoug": a real-time, 3-D, digital rendering of his likeness that's accurate down to the scale of pores and wrinkles. Powered by an inertial motion capture suit, deep neural networks and enormous amounts of data, DigiDoug renders the real Doug's emotions (and even how his blood flows and eyelashes move) in striking detail. Learn more about how this exciting tech was built -- and its applications in movies, virtual assistants and beyond.

[nathanprindler]

Now THIS is the kind of thing that TED talks should be more about.

[AudoricArt]

I'm just thinking about how blind the guy is with those LED's shining in his face...

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Digital *humans* that look like *humans?*

This is really cool

[dennisthemenace]

The new season of catfish is going to be wild

[J.P.Jackson]

This level of technology warrants great concern. If we’re worried about “fake news” now, imagine the kind of chaos fake digital press conferences, interviews etc, can cause? When a political or business leader is falsely impersonated? Not good. We’re not ready.

[HumansOfVR]

*_The future of technology is so EXCITING!_*

[olgalapunina]

Just wanted to see more characters :)))

[MikeJamesMedia]

Excellent, of course! But... We'll eventually see this in court too. "That's not me, your honor..."

[zeramino]

Man, the technology is incredible. But gotta give big props to the spokesman!

[aashay]

I can't imagine playing games with one of these with real life experience inVR and simulators with real life graphics.

[traywor]

I don't know why, but my gut is telling me, that this is scary. Tell me why!

[Orlagh]

I know you can't halt progress, but I can't be the only one who finds this level of deception a bit terrifying?

[johannesbekker]

The funniest was that georgie bush character LOL !!!

[SlingbladeJim]

Another step towards the great you for a glimpse of the clock.

[luxushauseragency]

Nice presentation, amazing technology, but, as he said, there are some real concerns. Virtual reality is useful, but people really prefer real reality to be more human. What's needed is technology which takes humanity to another level of communication, caring and longevity.

[Harsh-ukom]

The first thing that came to my mind was 'ready player one'.

[zeramino]

Omg! This is beyond incredible, it's beautiful. This really cought me off guard and bewilders me in a very good manner.

[brucecook]

just imagine applying this to existing hologram technology, and have live chats with that at home :-D

[ZoriZM]

This is gunna be great, I can already see the future this has in Mental Health! if we've used VR to help overcome certain phobias, imagine the amount of technological developments that could be developed within the next 10-20 years! We could probably create extremely realistic situations that can be simulated in a safe environment.

Imagine this technology in physiotherapy as well, we can simulate locations, etc.etc that we could trick the brain into reconnecting/strengthening nerves/muscle connection and synapses. Technology is so amazing!

[ModernDayGeeks]

We are living in a time where we might be virtually present attending a TED Talk. Technology truly has improved a lot in the last decade!