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Would you be OK with strangers sporting your face in public? Japanese firm Kamenya Omoto is hoping you may say sure. The specialty-mask retailer is paying Tokyo residents $380 (about £286, AU$514) to have their faces copied onto realistic 3D-printed masks.
The firm will then promote the 3D-printed model of your face for $750 (about £563, AU$1,014). Kamenya Omoto calls the bizarre mask mission That Face.
Kamenya Omoto is presently accepting Tokyo-based candidates who’re not less than 20 years outdated. The face proprietor will obtain a portion of the income provided that their face turns into in style.
Customers can already preorder the realistic mask of the shop proprietor’s face for 78,000 yen (about $750, £563, AU$1,014), however the firm says it is going to begin launching extra face choices quickly.
“We will buy and sell your faces. A science fiction story has now become reality,” Kamenya Omoto mentioned in a assertion. “No one yet knows what will happen to a world full of the same faces as you.”
Of course, it might be problematic if a stranger wears your face to commit a crime. In 2019, the BBC reported a one who wore a realistic mask impersonating a French minister to steal thousands and thousands of {dollars}.
A current examine even proved that folks have a exhausting time telling the distinction between a actual individual and somebody sporting a realistic face mask.
In addition to the realistic face masks, Kamenya Omoto sells different handmade masks for theater teams. These depict figures from folks tales, in addition to demons, ghosts and animals.
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