Put your face in that game or video

Stephen Tong | Jun 21, 2007

XiD Technologies has come up with a way to spice up your games and videos. You can replace a character's face with your own.

From a single photo, users can customize their face to a large degree. Think in terms of animation of expressions and the addition of hair and glasses. Once done, just fit the face within a Web-based environment or mobile phone. Then sit back and go "woah".

In terms of applications, XiD sees that usage can extend to E-greetings, MMS, video personalization and gaming customization. Taking videos as an example, you can see from the picture on the left that the player's face with the captain's armband is actually not Thierry Henry's but Roberto's and, what's more, Roberto's face is able to move in the same fluid way as Henry's did in the original video footage.

The Singapore-based company comes with a European management team that looks set for big things. While XiD has come up with the technology, it is talking to several businesses for a commercial launch that is targeted either at the end 2007 or early 2008 in various parts of Asia.

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