Pretty Life-Size Face
This site takes a few seconds to load and provides — once you zoom in — a pretty face close to life-size, which is what you need to get the mood effect I describe in Example 2 of my long self-experimentation paper. I usually use a mirror to get a life-size face but I will try this one instead.
March 3rd, 2008 at 8:55 pm
she’s kind of creepy-looking with those bloodshot eyes…
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Pretty powerful image; you might warn people to avoid staring at it at night…
Maybe I’ll try to spend some morning time with it…
March 3rd, 2008 at 9:23 pm
yes, the bloodshot eyes are puzzling.
March 4th, 2008 at 4:29 am
Any reason to believe that it’s being on screen has any additional effect? Could a large portrait on the wall be just as effective?
March 4th, 2008 at 6:19 am
When I studied this effect, I found that distance mattered. The best distance was roughly the distance you’d be from someone when having a conversation with them. A large portrait on the wall would not be as effective if the face was larger than usual and you stood further away.
March 4th, 2008 at 6:58 am
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March 4th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Simulation might be another route to get more faces. This work at Stanford looks interesting:
http://graphics.stanford.edu/~sifakis/
March 8th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
She definitely falls into the uncanny valley..especially on the smile.