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Wearing Someone Else's Face: Hyper-Realistic Masks to Go on Sale in Japan

posted by Fnord666 on Monday December 21 2020, @05:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the who-do-you-want-to-be? dept.
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upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:

Wearing someone else's face: Hyper-realistic masks to go on sale in Japan:

A year into the coronavirus epidemic, a Japanese retailer has come up with a new take on the theme of facial camouflage - a hyper-realistic mask that models a stranger's features in three dimensions.

Shuhei Okawara's masks won't protect you or others against the virus. But they will lend you the exact appearance of an unidentified Japanese adult whose features have been printed onto them.

"Mask shops in Venice probably do not buy or sell faces. But that is something that's likely to happen in fantasy stories," Okawara told Reuters.

"I thought it would be fun to actually do that."

The masks will go on sale early next year for 98,000 yen ($950) apiece at his Tokyo shop, Kamenya Omote, whose products are popular as accessories for parties and theatrical performance.

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  • (Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 21 2020, @05:32AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 21 2020, @05:32AM (#1089806)

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    Rated M for mature (brief nudity, alcohol, drugs, extreme violence and language)

  • (Score: -1, Troll) by creimer_is_a_virgin on Monday December 21 2020, @05:35AM (3 children)

    by creimer_is_a_virgin (13618) on Monday December 21 2020, @05:35AM (#1089807) Journal

    and the owners of the factory set it on fire and committed suicide in the fire? There was a note that said "we didn't know a face like that could exist". Kinda mysterious.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 21 2020, @08:31PM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 21 2020, @08:31PM (#1090020)
      So when are you going to ask him out finally?

      • (Score: 0) by creimer_is_a_virgin on Monday December 21 2020, @10:20PM (1 child)

        by creimer_is_a_virgin (13618) on Monday December 21 2020, @10:20PM (#1090057) Journal

        He should come out of the closet first, the old fruit.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 22 2020, @08:39AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 22 2020, @08:39AM (#1090186)
          Well if that's all that's holding you two back maybe you outta try a different approach... the metaphorical hair-pulling is very second grade. Considering how long your efforts have dragged on I might suggest you try a more direct approach... the worst case scenario being you get some closure and can move on.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 21 2020, @05:42AM (10 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 21 2020, @05:42AM (#1089809)

    There will be cheap knock-off copies of this mask or similar, from China or elsewhere in Asia. Within a month or so.

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday December 21 2020, @08:21AM (8 children)

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday December 21 2020, @08:21AM (#1089823) Journal

      Ummm... how about masks with President Xi's face?

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      • (Score: 2) by looorg on Monday December 21 2020, @11:14AM (7 children)

        by looorg (578) on Monday December 21 2020, @11:14AM (#1089850)

        Don't people already have Winnie the Pooh masks?
        Still interesting, they are not even that expensive. How will surveillance systems react to them?

        • (Score: 4, Funny) by c0lo on Monday December 21 2020, @11:46AM (6 children)

          by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday December 21 2020, @11:46AM (#1089858) Journal

          I wonder how Proud Boys would react if Antifa were to wear Pepe or Trump masks? (grin)

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          • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday December 21 2020, @12:33PM

            by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Monday December 21 2020, @12:33PM (#1089863) Homepage
            They would wear Pepe masks too, and then to resolve the apparent confusion just have a policy of shooting anyone who's not open-carrying.
            --
            Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves

          • (Score: 2) by looorg on Monday December 21 2020, @02:33PM (4 children)

            by looorg (578) on Monday December 21 2020, @02:33PM (#1089891)

            I guess they could mess with them by wearing Marx, Che or Stalin masks. There would be so much confusion.

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 21 2020, @02:50PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 21 2020, @02:50PM (#1089896)

              Nah, the left is /very/ sectarian. They'd be on the wall quick.

            • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday December 21 2020, @02:52PM (2 children)

              by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday December 21 2020, @02:52PM (#1089897) Journal

              There would be so much confusion.

              Oh, well, in for a penny, in for a pound, it can't get more confusing than it already is, can it?

              On a second thought, it can. Imagine Antifa wearing a Hitler mask!!1one! (grin)

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              • (Score: 2) by looorg on Monday December 21 2020, @03:00PM (1 child)

                by looorg (578) on Monday December 21 2020, @03:00PM (#1089900)

                Isn't the only certain lesson that things can always become worse, and more confusing? There seems to always be another layer of crap around.
                Wouldn't be surprising, I guess they can always claim to be wearing one ironically.

                • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday December 22 2020, @12:23AM

                  by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday December 22 2020, @12:23AM (#1090079) Journal

                  I guess they can always claim to be wearing one ironically.

                  Or, better still, totally unironically; under the banner of "Giving them a taste of their own medicine" (large grin)

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    • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday December 21 2020, @12:34PM

      by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Monday December 21 2020, @12:34PM (#1089864) Homepage
      I hand-drew a Butt-Head face on one of my masks 8 months ago. This guy's just doing an expensive knock-off of what I did first.
      --
      Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves

  • (Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 21 2020, @06:09AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 21 2020, @06:09AM (#1089812)
    That I think would be the natural progression. :D

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 21 2020, @08:22AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 21 2020, @08:22AM (#1089824)

      I am Trump.

  • (Score: 2) by inertnet on Monday December 21 2020, @09:06AM

    by inertnet (4071) on Monday December 21 2020, @09:06AM (#1089832) Journal

    The authorities will have to adjust their AI, to recognize people who don't blink.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 21 2020, @04:21PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 21 2020, @04:21PM (#1089919)

    n/t

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