What really gets me isn't the political ideology behind all this or even the fact that they uglify women. It's that they actually make the most ridiculous bullshit excuses for it and pretend this is how human beings 'naturally' look. Even though this is obvious corner cutting with production quality they don't even do a decent job with the photogrammetry and motion capture tools they're given.
By the way guys, fun fact with this tech, it does actually work great if you respect the medium being scanned and captured. What's happening is they're frequently messing with it which is how we get the completely borked results we're seeing today. The uglification of otherwise even decent looking actresses is the exact same issue, the gaslighting on this issue by the devs is bizarre.
Happen to know a lot about this because shocker, I've studied photogrammetry techniques and mocap. I'm not really a believer in photogrammetry that much because it has it's limitations if you're developing a game, all sorts of potential issues with topology and efficency. Mocap however is awesome and getting more accessible all the time. I have to wonder if that their whole shtick about pushing ideology is a form of propaganda to cover up how shit they are now at making anything. Except they've seriously underestimated how many people they're pissing off with this tactic.
It’s both. You can tell by the non-female models present in the game. If everyone is a freak, you’re looking at the product of diversity hires. If only the women are ugly, you’re looking at the product of ideologically possessed devs.
What really gets me isn't the political ideology behind all this or even the fact that they uglify women. It's that they actually make the most ridiculous bullshit excuses for it and pretend this is how human beings 'naturally' look. Even though this is obvious corner cutting with production quality they don't even do a decent job with the photogrammetry and motion capture tools they're given.
By the way guys, fun fact with this tech, it does actually work great if you respect the medium being scanned and captured. What's happening is they're frequently messing with it which is how we get the completely borked results we're seeing today. The uglification of otherwise even decent looking actresses is the exact same issue, the gaslighting on this issue by the devs is bizarre.
Happen to know a lot about this because shocker, I've studied photogrammetry techniques and mocap. I'm not really a believer in photogrammetry that much because it has it's limitations if you're developing a game, all sorts of potential issues with topology and efficency. Mocap however is awesome and getting more accessible all the time. I have to wonder if that their whole shtick about pushing ideology is a form of propaganda to cover up how shit they are now at making anything. Except they've seriously underestimated how many people they're pissing off with this tactic.
That explains the Uncanny-Valley effect I'm seeing a lot of recently. Thanks.
Admittedly I'm still trying to work out whether it's deliberate or they just suck at art.
It’s both. You can tell by the non-female models present in the game. If everyone is a freak, you’re looking at the product of diversity hires. If only the women are ugly, you’re looking at the product of ideologically possessed devs.
Why not both! LOL.