I have to disagree, Matt. In my opinion, the future is in better and better 3D models. You can move the camera anywhere, you can target anywhere on the model, etc. There's no benefit to recording real footage as, as you correctly point out, volume is prohibitive even with relatively unlimited storage space and processing power. We already have photorealistic models, so we're not that far away from truly synthesized reality. Why film actors doing what has to by definition be a finite set of motions, when you can have a digital actor perform an infinite set of motions.
I have to disagree, Matt. In my opinion, the future is in better and better 3D models. You can move the camera anywhere, you can target anywhere on the model, etc. There's no benefit to recording real footage as, as you correctly point out, volume is prohibitive even with relatively unlimited storage space and processing power. We already have photorealistic models, so we're not that far away from truly synthesized reality. Why film actors doing what has to by definition be a finite set of motions, when you can have a digital actor perform an infinite set of motions.
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Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.