Is there a Future for Live Newscasters?
December 20, 2030 - The launch yesterday of the virtual realistic-looking human newscaster from Simple News gained rave reviews. Others have made several attempts earlier, but this sends the live newscasters in to a pretty shaky future.
Personalized presented news started to get popular with the spread and development of various online services 30 years ago. With the increase in television over Internet in the past decade, broadcasted news based on your own interests, international or local within any areas, with digital presenters have become the most popular way to consume news.
News shows with live newscasters have been around since the birth of network broadcasting in the 1940s, but have lately lead a languishing life next to the new trends. To have “real” people present the news has for some though been a guarantee of the authenticity of the news.
The technical and commercial success of the movie “Tickle” in year 2020 proved the possibilities to animate realistic-looking humans. The development of animated simultaneous lip-syncing has been the key to make an animated person trustworthy as a news anchor. Combining this with the latest text-to-speech technology makes Simple News’ version the most attracting so far. You can choose what kind of presenter you would like in regards to age, sex, race etc and there are also some celebrity presenters to choose from, like real presenters, actors and athletes.
Since we humans are so well trained to see human behavior in detail when it comes to movements, facial expressions etc, a combination with the trust and authority needed from a news anchor, have maybe made this the most challenging task in animation.
So, does this mean the end to live newscasters or do they have a future? There will probably be people that will continue to prefer the live newscasters for the knowledge of having a real person delivering them. But in the long run and with a wider spread of services like this, the live newscasters will be pushed aside to a small niche that eventually most likely will fade away.
The development of artificial intelligence also suggests a more interactive communication with news services in the near future, where you as a viewer will be able to ask the presenter questions related to the news, to get the background information that you feel is relevant to the news. This feedback from the viewer will also trigger the news service to update the viewer’s profile to deliver the news in an even more specific and personalized way next time.
Argument: News services are moving towards more automatically aggregated personalized news. This in combination with the increasing speed of processing information and decreasing cost will make it possible for virtual realistic-looking human newscasters.Questions: What other features can the technology of virtual realistic-looking humans be used for? Can there be any negative effects of such a development?
By Pontus Edenberg
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Comments:
Are newscasters of today safe? Seems the world is each and everyday becoming unsafe for especially journalists and for that matter newscates who happen to be on the screens. This makes their lives always in danger that is if they read or report on issues seeming to be of conflicting. But then how best can we make thier lives still safe if they are not.
Posted by: Harriet Frema Karikari
Who qualifies to be a live newscaster? Does it only have to do mostly with eloquence and beauty?
Posted by: Harriet Frema Karikari
It is advisable for Newscasters of today to note that its not just about being photogenic but equally necessary to be mindful of correct prononciation of words and names. This I believe adds colour to the news presentation package. Newscasters should alos know that they are the eidtors of the stories that go on air. This calls for effective cross checking and proof reading to make all necessary corrections before going on air.
Posted by: Harriet Frema Karikari
I don't seem to understand what you mean by virtual realistic looking human newscasters. I will love to comment if you throw more light
Posted by: Nana Frema Nettey
Funny thing is that radio stations have used computerized voices for weather reports for years.
Posted by: Cathy
What is the world grdually coming to? This technology thing is somehow not doing as any good.Newscaster should be trained to read or present the news live and for real. If these personalised presenters are encouraged then the future looks bleak for us. Very soon there will be no jobs for us(newscasters). The earlier this is discouraged the better before we start blaming it on global ecnomic crisis.I will prefer the live newscasters for the knowledge of having a real person delivering the news and have the real feel of being informed and educcated. But in the long run and with a wider spread of services like this, the live newscasters will be pushed aside to a small niche that eventually most likely will fade away". This is huhhh
Posted by: Nana Frema Nettey
Likely. That is if nothing is done about it. Everything is eventually becoming artificial.What a world!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Nana Frema Nettey
I can see this is definitely possible. The need for people to have personal interaction is more and more obscure in a time where texting, voicemail and email is the preferred method of communication. So why is there a need for a human to report the news? I think it will create more space for advertisers and the obvious - less cost for the stations because there would be no need to pay the enourmous salaries. More profit for tv stations.
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Posted by: Monster Beats
Yep these future technologies are very fascinating when they are being thought up. Inventors invent things usually with good intentions and some for the record. But as far as i am concerned, any artificial technology that would kick humans out of their job and livelihood should be totally discouraged.
Bottom line is that the concept of artificial live newscasters is not acceptable, considering the global economic effect.
Posted by: Prudence Emmanuel
Yep these future technologies are very fascinating when they are being thought up. Inventors invent things usually with good intentions and some for the record. But as far as i am concerned, any artificial technology that would kick humans out of their job and livelihood should be totally discouraged.
Bottom line is that the concept of artificial live newscasters is not acceptable, considering the global economic effect.
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