02-27-2018, 09:04 PM
Ars:
This year, Samsung is satiating its deep-seated Apple envy with a copy of Animoji called "AR Emoji...tracking can handle eye blinks, eyebrow movements, lip flap, mouth shape, and head angle. While it seems comprehensive, the problem with AR Emoji is the high amount of jitter present in all the tracking. Characters all twitch uncomfortably and have constant micro seizures—eyelids and eyebrows spasm up and down, and the mouth opens and closes at random. The characters all come across like defective robots.
Aw, come on - tell us how you really feel about it.
Speaking of nightmares, the Galaxy S9 can make Animoji characters based on a picture of you. Just take a picture, and, after a bit of processing, the phone will produce a horrifying creative that lives at the bottom of the uncanny valley. You always seem to get a little stick body, a huge head, and huge eyes. I think the main problem (besides all the creepy twitching from the janky face tracking) is the skin, which builds an actual skin texture from your photo. Blemishes, stubble, and the occasional skin pore all get brought over to the character, and it looks awful.
Fish gotta swim. Birds gotta fly. Samsung's gotta...do whatever Samsung does, y'know?
