单词 | synthespian |
释义 | synthespiann. Film (originally U.S.). A computer-generated character in a film.The film may be a mixture of live action and computer animation, in which the character appears to interact with human actors, or may be made wholly with computer animation. ΚΠ 1989 Videography Oct. 71/1 Since 1987 Kleiser and his partner, sculptress/artist Diana Walczak, have been toiling away at their current company.., creating what they feel are the forerunners of the actors of the future, computer generated characters or ‘synthespians’, a term they have coined to describe their product. 1992 Forbes (Nexis) 7 Dec. 46 Actors can be replaced by synthespians who will be created from libraries of gestures and expressions housed in a computer bank. 1994 Observer 19 June (Life Suppl.) 69/6 The prospect really exciting some Hollywood execs is the possibility of developing a ‘virtual star’, also known as a ‘vactor’ or ‘synthespian’, a believable computer-generated human character. 2001 3D World Mar. 14/2 Attitude Studio claims that its new virtual creation, Eve Solal is the most lifelike synthespian yet. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1989 |
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