Police use Wii to create wanted poster

How closely does your Mii resemble the real you?
I ask only because it seems that police in Japan decided to dispense with the services of a sketch artist--who knows, perhaps he was too temperamental--and used a Wii to create their own impression of a man they wanted to question.The Mii feature on Wii allows you to create your own avatarish persona on games such as Wii Sports. So the wise policemen in the Kanegawa prefecture apparently decided they could swiftly create a Mii of a man who may have been involved in a hit-and-run road accident. (Chris , 2009)

You can create remarkably accurate looking Mii's, so it is no surprise that police have started using it.A drawing from a sketch artist is likely to be a little more accurate, but that of course requires a skilled sketch artist whereas this can be done by pretty much anyone.Plus, a Mii on a poster would be more likely to catch my eye versus a police sketch that I would most likely ignore.

Matyszczyk, Chris (2009,2,5). Police use Wii to create wanted poster. Retrieved February 7, 2009, from wired.com Web site: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10159129-71.html?tag=mncol