{"id":135814,"date":"2011-10-17T15:42:56","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T10:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=135814"},"modified":"2011-10-17T15:42:56","modified_gmt":"2011-10-17T10:42:56","slug":"japanese-company-offers-disturbingly-lifelike-masks-of-your-face-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2011\/10\/17\/japanese-company-offers-disturbingly-lifelike-masks-of-your-face-photos.html","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Company Offers Disturbingly Lifelike Masks of  Your Face (PHOTOS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve ever dreamed of getting a super-realistic replica of your face for whatever reason, here\u2019s your chance: a Japanese company called <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/real-f.jp\/en_top.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">REAL-f<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> is creating so-called 3DPFs (\u201c3 Dimension Photo Forms\u201d), copies of human faces \u201cin 3D\u201d. The startup offers two versions, a mask type replica and the so-called mannequin type, a replica of the head, <strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2011\/10\/10\/japanese-company-real-f\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">TechCrunch reports<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The way it works is that REAL-f first shoots pictures of a person\u2019s face from various positions and imprints the image on vinyl chloride resin stretched over a mold. According to the company, it\u2019s unique production technology makes sure that even details like the iris and blood vessels are replicated accurately (see the pictures to judge for yourself).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1mask.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135793 aligncenter\" title=\"1mask\" src=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1mask.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1mask.jpg 450w, https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/1mask-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These masks or busts don\u2019t come cheap either. The first mask will cost you a whopping $3,920 (USD), with each additional one priced at $780. Going for a bust will set you back $5,875, with each additional one priced at\u00a0$1,960.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/2mask.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135794 aligncenter\" title=\"2mask\" src=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/2mask.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/2mask.jpg 450w, https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/2mask-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/3mask.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135795 aligncenter\" title=\"3mask\" src=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/3mask.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/3mask.jpg 450w, https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/3mask-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More pictures can be found on REAL-f&#8217;s <strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/REAL.f.jp\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Facebook page<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/4mask.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135796 aligncenter\" title=\"4mask\" src=\"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/4mask.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/4mask.jpg 450w, https:\/\/epress.am\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/4mask-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve ever dreamed of getting a super-realistic replica of your face for whatever reason, here\u2019s your chance: a&#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":135797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tstyn_error":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[33532,20490,33531,33530,33529,33528],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135814"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}