Monday, December 1, 2014

"Electronic Makeup" Might Be the (Terrifying) Future of Beauty

Love your foundation, but wish it could make you look a little more like the Terminator? Thanks to a new high-tech art project, you might one day be able to. Tokyo-based producer Nobumichi Asai used projection mapping to add CGI patterns to a woman's face. According to Slash Gear, there's an initial scanning stage in which a model's face gets mapped, and then a computer program projects graphics onto her mug. The result looks like a full face of makeup, and then transforms into an abstract artist's dream. Asai and his team have done similar projects on cars and buildings, but this appears to be their first time tackling the human body. And if Lady Gaga finds this video, they'll be in business for a long time.

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