Mogwa opened this issue on Mar 27, 2007 · 14 posts
Mogwa posted Wed, 28 March 2007 at 12:33 PM
Quote - The software is even older. It is a research project of a german university. They continue to develop it, but do not plan to sell a commercial version soon. The software is based on a still growing database of head scans. As the movie was made, this database was built from 300 scans, they now have about 2000 scans in the database and can simulate the aging of children.
I have seen them at the CeBit Fair here in Hannover, but I am not linked with them in any way. The software they use is made for research use, which may be why they do not sell it. They have published the concepts and methods though.
Do not expect it to be in the shelfs soon. The database is unlikely to fit on a dvd though.
Thank you for the information, bantha. Perhaps someone will eventually use the techniques employed in a commercial program with a smaller, more managable database users can customize themselves. It would be a fantastically useful application.