Original story

Avatars Inc. 3/2008

Jack-of-all-Faces -

virtual physiognomics for the discriminating vidiphone user

Do you sometimes feel just like a face in the crowd? Ever get the sense nobody takes you seriously? Or have you sometimes wanted to appear incognito? With Avatar’s Jack-of-all-Faces you can bring to your vidiphone calls the gravity of a primetime newsreader or the elegance of a tuxedo-clad prince. You choose your style, Jack-of-all-Faces does the rest. It puts in your hands the technology that has hitherto been the province of the world’s leading movie studios and virtual theaters.

Shape your own virtual face

Jack-of-all Faces software makes you a new man - or woman, shaping your vidiphone image to suit the individual conversation. Select any of our more than 500 catalogued virtual faces and tailor it to your own specific requirements! Virtual faces help you to perform at your very best in all videotelephonic settings.

You can also order from us virtual features that resemble your own for use in cases where you want to appear in your own likeness. You can express effortlessly any emotions you wish to convey, and they will be transmitted to your conversation partner with perfect accuracy, using exactly the right gestures and body language!

Jack-of-all-Faces is proven technology

The technology behind the Jack-of-all-Faces product range really works - it has after all been tried and tested in front of hundreds of millions of viewers. You surely know how today even a mediocre actor can use virtual physiognomics to imitate the great stage figures of yesteryear. Why shouldn’t YOU have the same ability to improve your own performances, now that the technology is there to help?

Jack-of-all-Faces is easy to use, and ideal for all types of personality. Direction takes place by means of a nano-thin indicator film placed over the wearer’s own face. You won’t even notice it’s there, and it does not inhibit facial movements in any way. The film registers and relays all the movements of the facial muscles, which are then directed to the CPU in your videophone. Naturally, your voice is also fed to the CPU for customized sound-shaping.

And this is only the beginning! With a little experience you will be able to strengthen or modify your emotions using the Jack-of-all-Faces control module. You can decide that today your artificial personality is going to be “bubbly”, or “reserved”, or “jovial”, or with just a dash of that “enigmatic tristesse” that goes down so well with the opposite sex.

Face it! Jack’s potential is unlimited! Check out our sales examples from our SatWeb homepage (AV-45-975-FACE). You can also order your own Jack-of-all-Faces online, of course, using the form provided. The basic package costs EUR 998,00 and each additional tailored personality - build your own set! - comes for EUR 198,99. Digitalization of your own personality for perfect freedom costs EUR 4990,00, and can be performed at any of our branches or licensed agents.

**Free yourself from the chains of your genes!

Put a better face on your tomorrows!**

Toteuma-arvio 2026

Toteuma lyhyesti

  • Ilmiön toteuma: 4/5
  • Toteuma viiden vuoden tarkkuudella: kyllä; arviointi-ikkuna on 2003–2013
  • Toteuma väljemmällä aikahorisontilla: kyllä, erittäin vahvasti
  • Ilmiön ydin: videopuhelussa voidaan korvata tai muokata käyttäjän kasvot reaaliaikaisella virtuaalisella hahmolla.

Kasvosuodattimet, avatarit ja reaaliaikainen ilmeiden siirto ovat nykyisten viestintä- ja sosiaalisen median palvelujen perustoimintoja. Kehitys alkoi aikaikkunassa, vaikka vaivaton massakäyttö yleistyi myöhemmin.

Johtopäätös: ydin toteutui olennaisilta osin ja ajoissa, vaikka laaja kuluttajakäyttö kypsyi myöhemmin.