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posted by janrinok on Thursday February 13 2020, @01:42AM   Printer-friendly
from the uncanny-valley-meets-the-graveyard dept.

http://www.ajudaily.com/view/20200207175148638

Video discussed in the story is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oglnV2P_QBI (in Korean).

A special TV documentary that depicted the tearful reunion of a sorrow-stricken mother and her daughter, who died of a rare incurable disease at the age of seven, in the virtual world has touched the hearts of many viewers in South Korea.

"Maybe it's a real paradise," Jang Ji-sung, the mother of four children, said of the moment she met her deceased daughter, Nayeon. "I met Nayeon, who called me with a smile, for a very short time, but it's a very happy time. I think I've had the dream I've always wanted."

The MBC documentary titled "I Met You" aired on February 6. For eight months, the production team has used VR technology to implement Nayeon's face, body, and voice. The reunion took place in a park with memories of Jang and her daughter. The motion of a child model was recorded as motion capture and implemented on the monitor to reproduce the scene at a VR studio.

Nayeon, the third of Jang's children, passed away in 2016. The mother engraved Nayeon's name and birthday on her body to remember her daughter forever. Wearing a necklace with Nayeon's bone powder, she visits a charnel house once a month.

As a white butterfly flew and sat in one place, the sound of Nayeon's song was heard. Jang burst into tears when her daughter ran with the cry of "Mom" and said, "Where have you been, Mom? Did you think about me?"

Jang responded with a doleful voice, "I do all the time." As her daughter said, "I missed mom a lot," Jang replied, "I missed you, too." The mother was cautious to reach out to touch her daughter before Nayeon insisted, "mom, please hold my hand." Jang finally held her daughter's hand in her's with tears streaming down her face. Nayeon's father, brother and sister watched the encounter they've dreamed of at the side of the virtual stage, also crying.

Submitting without comment - I'll leave my comments in the comments -- FP


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  • (Score: 2) by pdfernhout on Friday February 14 2020, @02:13AM (1 child)

    by pdfernhout (5984) on Friday February 14 2020, @02:13AM (#958012) Homepage

    You're probably thinking of this sci-fi tear jerker presented by Dust: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BNLZp2iNIs [youtube.com]

    The blurb:

    "What if Wendy" by James A. Sims

    As her deceased daughter's birthday approaches, Dr. Mara Stevens begins to ask herself, what if Wendy hadn't died?

    WHAT IF WENDY takes place in a near future in which genetic engineering is the norm for couples looking to have a child. DR. MARA STEVENS, a case manager for a genetic engineering firm, leads an isolated, meticulous existence consumed by work and little else. But as her deceased daughter's seventh birthday approaches, Mara begins to ask herself, "what if Wendy hadn't died?" In opening this Pandora's box, Mara is faced with the debilitating grief she has suppressed for so long.

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    The biggest challenge of the 21st century: the irony of technologies of abundance used by scarcity-minded people.
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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Friday February 14 2020, @02:19AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday February 14 2020, @02:19AM (#958016) Journal

    Yes, that's the one. It's a story repeated often enough throughout human history, but here, we have tech to make things worse or better. Nice catch!

    And for the rest of you, it's a pleasant enough mini-movie to distract you for several minutes when you don't really want to tend to business.