Talked with a friend who bought one of those airport body scanners for personal use. The friend is working on installing the device at a theatre entrance, scanning those who pay a special entrance fee (read: more expensive) and having their bodies inserted into minor character roles in the digital screen projection of upcoming flicks.
The audience members won't know the change for sure unless they've seen the film more than once and/or they see fellow patrons at the cinema before the film showing stepping off to the side into the room where the body scanner will be discreetly located.
Given the fast pace of change, the friend expects hackers, once they learn of this public film role switching technique, to use homemade 3D body scanners to allow anyone to insert whomever they wish into any role in their digital film collection.
My friend is consulting with me about the best method for voice range/style retranslation. Anyone I know who's played with voice insertion/deletion is up for a future Academy Award in the near future!
Imagine your favorite flick with all the famous actors replaced by friends and family with the flip of a switch and a little bit of moviemaking magic.
Where fantasy ends, reality begins. Makes the average home theatre look as ancient as a dilapidated local opera house. Are you the first on the block with the new technology? As far as the rest of us go, how much is the transition worth to the typical Redbox movie renter?
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