[ Qubit nods, getting the door for him. ] That's what we're about to find out.
[ He leads the way back out to the lab, tea in hand. The text on the big screen has changed slightly, and now reads: ]
Training complete.
Iteration 1500000 of 1500000
Proceed to review? Y / N
[ He hits Enter and the dialog vanishes, replaced by a solid grey void - but it's only featureless for a second before an assortment of 3D models start rendering in. Terrain, trees, rocks, clumps of grass, a teacup, and in the center of it all a single humanoid figure, seated on the ground, its knees pulled up to its chest - that's Carlisle, of course, and the rest is the grove, all as they appeared at t = 0. Qubit takes a moment to start in on his tea while it loads, but by the time the textures are popping in, he does get around to explaining this whole... whatever. ]
What you see here is a three-dimensional reconstruction of events over the last three days, as modeled by a rudimentary neural net framework I trained on composite sensor readings - [ he waves a hand ] - I'll spare you the technical details. [ the rest of them, anyway. ] The important part is, it'll allow us to review the footage from any angle.
[ He bends and swipes his fingers across a trackball on the desk, rotating the camera for a better view of the Carlisle model. It's not what you'd call "lifelike" (so to speak) - the mesh is a little smoother around the edges than the real thing, and the textures are a little off, creating an effect not unlike - you've seen L.A. Noire, right? It's like if Carlisle were digitized for L.A. Noire, that's about the flavor of uncanny valley we're looking at. Other than that, though, it's a faithful likeness. ]
no subject
[ Qubit nods, getting the door for him. ] That's what we're about to find out.
[ He leads the way back out to the lab, tea in hand. The text on the big screen has changed slightly, and now reads: ]
Iteration 1500000 of 1500000
Proceed to review? Y / N
[ He hits Enter and the dialog vanishes, replaced by a solid grey void - but it's only featureless for a second before an assortment of 3D models start rendering in. Terrain, trees, rocks, clumps of grass, a teacup, and in the center of it all a single humanoid figure, seated on the ground, its knees pulled up to its chest - that's Carlisle, of course, and the rest is the grove, all as they appeared at t = 0. Qubit takes a moment to start in on his tea while it loads, but by the time the textures are popping in, he does get around to explaining this whole... whatever. ]
What you see here is a three-dimensional reconstruction of events over the last three days, as modeled by a rudimentary neural net framework I trained on composite sensor readings - [ he waves a hand ] - I'll spare you the technical details. [ the rest of them, anyway. ] The important part is, it'll allow us to review the footage from any angle.
[ He bends and swipes his fingers across a trackball on the desk, rotating the camera for a better view of the Carlisle model. It's not what you'd call "lifelike" (so to speak) - the mesh is a little smoother around the edges than the real thing, and the textures are a little off, creating an effect not unlike - you've seen L.A. Noire, right? It's like if Carlisle were digitized for L.A. Noire, that's about the flavor of uncanny valley we're looking at. Other than that, though, it's a faithful likeness. ]