But with the advent of CGI and hologram technology, actors and musicians no longer need to be alive to appear in new films and adverts – or even perform on stage.
We use the demanding and rich environment of telemedicine to better understand the nature of the real time service-encounter interactions among the human and technology actors engaged in the process and to inform telemedicine providers about key factors to consider in telemedicine design.
While the final outcome is undecided, the findings indicate that all three of the investigated systems have gained momentum over the last decade, partly relying on growth trends in shared elements such as the rise of renewables and climate change concerns, but also building on different technologies, actor networks, related industries and political and cultural discourses.
(In this technology an actor's movements are mapped onto a digital model that becomes part of the computer-generated image.
Aided by a remarkably sophisticated use of performance capture technology, the actor gives such a sublime performance as the mumbling, grumbling, eccentric tower of bewildered immensity that the film is virtually impossible to imagine without him.
Best would be one of the first actors to really test the motion capture technology that actors such as Andy Serkis (a.k.a. Gollum) are making a career out of today.
"I began to love the whole process of organising the technology, the actors, and the team.
Jonathan Munby's directorial conception exuberantly juxtaposes technology and actor-led stunts.
The making of Avatar, and of its sequel, which is already under way, made her rethink the future of movies: its radical new technology means actors are performing in a blank space, with no diversions or distractions (the scenery and special effects were visible on monitors nearby).
The latest formula: more technology, cheaper actors.
