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© (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2018.Realistic masks made in Japan find demand from tech, car companies
By Kwiyeon Ha OTSU©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Fouxdefa
Sounds legit.
BackpackingNepal
Could be Greatly used at Madame Tussaud.
Cliffy
Now, that's creepy.
Cricky
Bet he can't beat Osaka police, they have eye memory.
gogogo
He is basically saying he can beat any facial recognition system
BurakuminDes
These would be brilliant Halloween masks, but at 300000 yen, I think I'll wait till the price comes down!
mmwkdw
Doesn't make a lot of money, and the masks used on Mission Impossible seem to be a whole lot better.
Yubaru
This IS JT, if it isn't Tokyo, it's "rural"!
Goodlucktoyou
I want one or two. I only carry my keitai sometimes. AI drones, etc.
nandakandamanda
maybeperhapsyes, no ears that I can see!
afanofjapan
I kind of want one. Is that being narcissistic?
Scrote
I though idolatory was a sin in Islam. Those Saudi kings and princes should be severely punished.
maybeperhapsyes
Toshiro makes a very good point. Difficult to prove your innocence here in Japan with no alibi and your face on CCTV.
maybeperhapsyes
A couple of elastic bands around the ears?
nandakandamanda
"The company, based in Shiga Prefecture", it says.
Shiga is pretty rural, I reckon, though it does have some population concentrations and it is on the main transport backbone of Japan.
How are these masks attached, I wonder?
Kaerimashita
Great to wear someone elses face if planning to exceed speed limit on highway.
Toshihiro
Can it fool facial recognition technology I wonder?
Maria
Well, this won't end badly.
hooktrunk2
To give the Saudi's some credit, they might be using the masks as security decoys to foil assassination attempts.
jcapan
Bingo. Plus it's only 10 mins. from Kyoto station.
albaleo
Otsu city has a population of over 300,000. This may be "rural" by Tokyo standards, but it sounds fairly urban to me.
Cricky
Giving the Saudis realistic masks isn't going to end well. Good money but can't expect them to be used ethically. At least they might stop peeling actual faces off. All a little bit creepy. Mission impossible type technology.
Michael G
"made of resin and plastic "
"took him two years of experimentation before he found a way to use three-dimensional facial data from high quality photographs to make the masks"
Can't a 3D printer be used to make the masks?