PS Vita's Avatar Chat Just a Little Creepy

[-Dragmire-]

I can't tell if this kind of technology makes people more social or less social with the whole vid chat but not with the real you...

Imagine these threads with your avatar talking with your voice... on second thought, never mind.

 

[Hound174]

Well I like the idea, if they worked on the facial capture so there isn't random one eye blinking, it'd be cool to have conversations as characters. I can imagine being Jak talking to a mate pretending to be ratchet, and talk about who's game's better xD
Srs guys, what's wrong with new ideas?

 

[samsonguy920]

I can just see it now, corporate and government spies over the world will carry Vitas to communicate with each other and clients without revealing their identities using anime characters and animals.

This needs to get into a Johnny English movie now!

 

[mjc0961]

why do I get the feeling that feature will be cut for being a stupid idea at the final launch

We can only hope. There's already a great invention for when you want to chat but don't feel like dressing up for a camera: voice only chat. The camera does nothing and it's just you, a mic, speakers, and someone else on the other end with the same.

Why they feel the need to introduce creepy as fuck avatars into the equation, I have no idea.

 

[Charmi the ninja]

I like it Yes it's silly. But the sillyness and sacrifice of practicality for fun appeals to me.

 

[Zhukov]

Eaarg! Sweet Jebus, what is that?!

There is only one rational response...

I mean, the doll would be pretty creepy all on its own. The addition of flapping mouths and independantly moving eyes does not help.

 

[AstylahAthrys]

That doll was so creepy. I'd rather talk with someone face-to-face over a webcam and skip the whole creepy avatar talking thing.

 

[TotalHobNob]

In the uncanny valley we march my good sirs and madams. Straight stop to utter creepiness.

 

[Helios_(DEL)]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH lols at the tiger thing

 

[imnot]

I did not even watch the video, the icon scared me that much.

 

[T-Bone24]

Weird, I know I've seen this valley before. You could say it's... uncanny.

 

[xchurchx]

I think what most ppl are wandering is whether the cross game voie chat will be ported to the ps3, at least i am anyway

 

[Sovvolf]

ITS EATING MY SOUL!!!!!!!

-cough-
I mean it looks really, really, really creepy.

 

[Pinkamena]

I wonder if it'll be possible to make your own models and import them into that software... I'd so make a cthulhu face. Or perhaps a melting face or something.

 

[airrazor7]

Sony, Microsoft's on the phone, ranting something about proprietary tech and whatnot.

It would be scarier if they combined it with this:

Spoiler

an animated CG girl was created by mapping the faces of and capturing facial features of several girls. What if the ending result was added to the PSV's avatar chat?

 

[AbstractStream]

Oh dear me, just looking freezed Youtube screen gave me chills. Watching the video was something way...WAY worse.

It would be scarier if they combined it with this:

Spoiler

an animated CG girl was created by mapping the faces of and capturing facial features of several girls. What if the ending result was added to the PSV's avatar chat?

Geez, that chick kept getting creepier 'til the end (the one they were "building").

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Hey Sony...that's neat and all but how about you forego this little trip into the uncanny valley and instead do something else like...I dunno...give every last PSV game trophies? Please? Please don't unleash that monstrosity upon the unsuspecting public!

 

[GeorgW]

Damn that doll is creepy!
It might actually be pretty cool if used in game, you could actually be in the cutscenes. But this use seems pretty gimmicky.

 

[Formica Archonis]

Note to developers: Turn the blink sensitivity WAY DOWN.

 

[RJ Dalton]

Welcome to Uncanny Valley! Population: . . . do we count robots and virtual images as people?