{"id":71048,"date":"2025-02-24T13:58:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T13:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=71048"},"modified":"2025-02-25T12:13:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T12:13:45","slug":"studio-ten24-offers-people-the-chance-to-be-in-a-video-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/02\/24\/studio-ten24-offers-people-the-chance-to-be-in-a-video-game\/","title":{"rendered":"From playing Halo to being in Halo: Sheffield\u2019s Ten24 offers people the chance to be in a video game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Sheffield-based media studio is calling for 10,000 people to have their face 3D scanned to help create unique AI-generated video game characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Studio Ten24 said volunteers can earn \u00a340 for taking part in its ‘Sapiens Project’, which has already scanned 1,000 faces so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using 71 cameras set up at their office, people’s faces are scanned in a process which takes a couple of seconds, and added to the massive database which Ten24 is building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Busby, Director at Ten24, said those who take part in the project can access the information they share, and ask for their data to be deleted at any point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Busby said: “We’re trying to show big studios that you can do this ethically, you can pay people and you can build big databases that way.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that Ten24 is GDPR-compliant (General Data Protection Regulation), and has put measures in place to protect data from being scraped or shared without permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The AI industry is currently booming, and concerns have been raised worldwide about data privacy and safety as AI models scrape data from across the internet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While there’s a possibility to see your exact face in a video game, the studio said it’s more likely that your face will be rendered alongside thousands of others to create a unique video game character instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ten24 is a well-known support studio with an impressive portfolio to show for it, ever since their inception in 2008. The studio’s work can be seen in blockbuster titles such as Baldur’s Gate 3 (2024’s Game of the Year), Death Stranding, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, Halo 4, and Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The studio’s 3D scanning endeavours transcend video games too, with their work also present in Alien: Isolation trailer, and an episode from Netflix’s Love, Death & Robots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scans from the Sapiens Project may be used for such creative projects as well, and it may also be used for developing robotics, medical research, and improving AI models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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