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WinterholdMage t1_jdgb6az wrote

Reply to comment by MorbidSloth in Epic’s new motion-capture animation tech has to be seen to be believed by thawingSumTendies

The demo they do on stage is weird because the overly exaggerated expressions she was making looked just as unnatural on her as it did on her Metahuman double. What's impressive is how quickly it went from raw input to a usable, fully customizable asset. That to me is absolutely its biggest selling point.

I think a far better representation is the second one for Hellblade 2.

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NavyPirate t1_jdgay7f wrote

Reply to comment by Neverlookedthisgood in Apple employees face reprisals, possible termination over return to office policy by OutlandishnessOk2452

The only reason those employees stayed at home is because of COVID. With the pandemic behind us, each company is at will to adjust their WFH policies as they require it. Apple is asking employees to come to the office three days a week. If employees want to WFH exclusively, they are free to apply to other departments or companies.

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Neverlookedthisgood t1_jdg7bf3 wrote

Reply to comment by ortho_engineer in Apple employees face reprisals, possible termination over return to office policy by OutlandishnessOk2452

I agree with some points of your assessment. I was training some people pre-Covid, and things certainly changed after Covid wfh. You know what though, I also changed. Instead of getting up and writing on a whiteboard we hold Teams sessions, where I share my screen, or I produce how-to videos, or sometimes I have someone else share their screen while I instruct. Just because something was always done a certain way doesn’t mean that’s the way. We as mentors have to learn to adapt, and be inclusive in a virtual environment. Now instead of training one person at a time at their desk when they have a question, I reach the whole team if I need. While there are certain circumstances like you mentioned, that would not be an issue if you were discussing this in a group manner.

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Neverlookedthisgood t1_jdg56r7 wrote

Reply to comment by fragment137 in Apple employees face reprisals, possible termination over return to office policy by OutlandishnessOk2452

Completely agree. I remember the “going to the office” days. We’d talk about news in the morning, do some work, have a hour meeting where some work got done or was talked about. Then we’d all head off across town to some random lunch spot one of us picked. It definitely wasn’t a close spot, and always took over an hour. At 4 we were all ready to hit the door.

Fast forward, I wake up 15 minutes before work, work until lunch, play with my daughter for 30 minutes, then usually continue working until 5 or later.

Before wfh I was sitting in rush hour traffic for hours a day, not getting any work done during that, or any father-daughter lunch time. It was lose lose for everyone. It’s beyond me why companies are fighting to have people back, unless management just wants to feel important again checking on people at their desks.

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