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Creepy BabyMaker3000 Actually Being Used to Make Virtual Babies

by Evan Shamoon on November 9, 2008 at 12:16 PM



As we inch ever closer to a future in which our babies are exactly what we want them to be, German car manufacturer Volkswagen has put together a nifty little preview in the form of a promotional Web app. Just upload pictures of yourself and your loved one (or celebrities who you've never met), set the key points (eyes, mouth, nose, etc..), and watch the magic unfold.

According to VW's PR team, the BabyMaker3000 has brought 314,384 digital babies into the world since going live a month ago -- surpassing the number of real babies born in the U.S. during a comparable timeframe (295,075). An estimated half million visitors have checked out the site, a pretty mind-boggling number that probably says something about our desire for this type of technology in the real world.

In case you were wondering, the above virtual baby belongs to one Barack Obama and one newly divorced baby mama, Madonna. We're naming him Barack Hussein Madonna-Obama-Rama, and no, you can't take his photograph, filthy paparazzi. [From: VW.com]

Tags: ads, advertising, baby, breaking news, BreakingNews, creepy, timewasters, volkswagen, vw, web, weird

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