creeping changes in photography world ?

[yoshi]

#1 cameras: from FILM to DIGITAL　= already done, well almost as far as compact cameras and 135 type dSLRs are concerned.

#2 models: HUMAN BEINGS to ROBOTICS ?! now coming?

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swyWSGc3dLE&feature=player_embedded"]美少女ロボ「HRP-4C 未夢」が踊り、歌う　デジタルコンテンツEXPO2010より - YouTube[/ame]

Being a landscaper, I'm now thinking when landscapes will be not real but ... what? robotics?

yoshi

[yoshi]

Re: creeping changes in photography world ?

this explains more about the android.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY8-sJS0W1I&NR=1"]Android Video - YouTube[/ame]

yoshi

[Gez]

Re: creeping changes in photography world ?

I don't know about creeping more like creepy.

[Ian]

Re: creeping changes in photography world ?

I saw this android on a TV news programme a few weeks ago. It seems to be that the Japanese in particular have a great interest and affinity with robots in general. In the west there is a more suspicious attitude towards artificial 'humans'.

I understand this particular android is the most human-like yet and her facial expressions look very realistic. Personally, I'm keen to see more robotic technology and I'm not (as far as I know) afraid of this prospect.

Ian

[Graham_of_Rainham]

Re: creeping changes in photography world ?

I'm facinated by the technology and applaud the huge advances that these people have made. The spin off from such research will also be of huge benefit.

I just do not understand why anyone would want to produce an artificial person/android, apart from the income generated by the publicity.

I want my coffee machine to make excellent coffee, I really don't want it anthropomorphised to give it a personality. I guess I'm not impressed by style over substance.

I would however like my camera to react to voice commands

[Ian]

Re: creeping changes in photography world ?

I'm facinated by the technology and applaud the huge advances that these people have made. The spin off from such research will also be of huge benefit.

I just do not understand why anyone would want to produce an artificial person/android, apart from the income generated by the publicity.

I want my coffee machine to make excellent coffee, I really don't want it anthropomorphised to give it a personality. I guess I'm not impressed by style over substance.

I would however like my camera to react to voice commands

Hi Graham - I suspect that your view may be seen in years to come as being, well, typical of an age that may not have fully grasped the potential of robots. OK, an Android is a robot in humanoid form and function. I can't see anything wrong with that - I'd love a Star Trek 'Data' like android to be created. Stories like Asimov's I, Robot, have fascinated me for a long time. Functional domestic robots have been around for a long time - I think a typical washing machine certainly qualifies, for example. Robotic lawn mowers and vacuum cleaners are already on the market and I see no reason why these won't evolve into more versatile solutions. We have evolved and become bi-pedal and with two arms, etc., so why shouldn't robots follow that route and become androids? Is it because we can't imagine a place with androids or are we afraid of the prospect?

Ian

[yoshi]

Re: creeping changes in photography world ?

I would however like my camera to react to voice commands

Yes, that'll be nice.
My immediate needs would be a tripod that is anthropomophised to carry a cemera on it and follows me everywhere. I do not expect him/her to dance but the ability to sing a song with that Hatsune Miku voice would be not bad.

yoshi

[yoshi]

Re: creeping changes in photography world ?

Stories like Asimov's I, Robot, have fascinated me for a long time.

Ian

Hi Ian, I like that book, too. read it many years ago when I was thirteen.
The movie version of 'I, robot' is completely different from the original book which created the famous Three Pcinciples of Robots.

I really wanted Asimov to finish the Foundation stories, one of my favorites.
yoshi

[Ian]

Re: creeping changes in photography world ?

Yes, that'll be nice.
My immediate needs would be a tripod that is anthropomophised to carry a cemera on it and follows me everywhere. I do not expect him/her to dance but the ability to sing a song with that Hatsune Miku voice would be not bad.

yoshi

What a great idea

Ian

[Graham_of_Rainham]

Re: creeping changes in photography world ?

Yes, that'll be nice.
My immediate needs would be a tripod that is anthropomophised to carry a cemera on it and follows me everywhere. I do not expect him/her to dance but the ability to sing a song with that Hatsune Miku voice would be not bad.

yoshi

I'm sure I've seen a golf cart with a built in sound system somewhere, that can follow the person about. All it would need is a ball head (with quick release plate) and your set to go...

[Barr1e]

Re: creeping changes in photography world ?

Thanks yoshi - most interesting and exiting.

Unlike Graham I would love one of these models. Just think - I could have Anne on one arm and another pretty lady on the other.

Now that's modern.

Regards. Barr1e

[Graham_of_Rainham]

Re: creeping changes in photography world ?

<snip> We have evolved and become bi-pedal and with two arms, etc., so why shouldn't robots follow that route and become androids? <snip>
Ian

I want my robot to be free of 2D constraints and function with 6 degrees of freedom. Once we crack the small gravity problem, legs become redundant.

I tend towards "Form follows Function" but equally appreciate aesthetic design. Probably another reason I like Olympus Cameras.

[Graham_of_Rainham]

Re: creeping changes in photography world ?

Thanks yoshi - most interesting and exiting.

Unlike Graham I would love one of these models. Just think - I could have Anne on one arm and another pretty lady on the other.

Now that's modern.

Regards. Barr1e

I really just cannot wait to see Anne's take on this idea...