Date: Wed, 15 Jan 97 17:00 EST From: Sara Peattie <0002136581-AT-mcimail.com> Subject: re:facial expression >3. Puppet technology has improved enormously in the last ten years. Is there still a place for the basic glove puppet? Yes, in my opinion, until puppet technology can outperform the human brain. As Janet Dalgliesh points out, neutral mask performance can be very expressive. This is, as I understand, because the human brain is very good at recognizing emotional expressions; so good, in fact, that it recognizes emotions in weather, furniture, and elect- ronics (see the poetic fallacy, Charles Dickens, and your fellow computer users). The ability of humans to read emotions from subtle cues is the admiration of AI experts, and our ability to delude ourselves into seeing what isn't there keeps con men in cash. These are powerful forces, and shouldn't be given up lightly, as they are with a puppet which confines the audience to seeing it's small range of mechanically produced expressions. --- Personal replies to: Sara Peattie <0002136581-AT-mcimail.com> --- List replies to: puptcrit-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- Admin commands to: majordomo-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
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