Facial animation and performance capture represent a rapidly evolving field at the intersection of computer graphics, machine learning, and human–computer interaction. This discipline focuses on ...

SAN FRANCISCO—Every year at the Game Developers Conference, a handful of competing companies show off their latest motion-capture technology, which transforms human performances into 3D animations ...

Epic Games has acquired Cubic Motion, a provider of automated performance-driven facial animation technology for video games, film, broadcast, and immersive experiences such as virtual reality. Cubic ...

Leading facial animation technology firm Image Metrics has introduced a trial program in which it will provide a 30 second demo animation to companies for free. The trial is open to game and film ...

Facial animation technology firm Image Metrics has acquired avatar technology company Character-FX. Character-FX operates an integrated facial rigging tool-set for Autodesk Maya and 3ds Max, created ...

The big picture: Streamlining work in any business reduces overhead and is good for the bottom line. Epic thinks it has an Unreal Engine tool that can help developers and motion capture artists reduce ...

Epic Games, the studio behind the massively popular Fortnite and the widely-used Unreal Engine, has acquired Cubic Motion, which specializes in facial animation technology. Cubic Motion has created ...

AI innovation: Game development is an incredibly time-consuming and expensive process, with art and animation budgets often eating up a hefty chunk of a team's cash reserves. Believable facial ...

CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 is obviously a massive game. Players will be able to explore a vast city and its surrounding areas and fill a multitude of roles, but with that scale and setting comes ...

After previously teaming up in partnering with Cubic Motion, together with 3Lateral, Cubic Motion, Tencent and Vicon to create highly realistic live capture digital humans, Epic Games has this week ...