In the old days, you’d get out your tools and carefully sculpt the mouth, frame by frame, until the smile looked just right. But at LAIKA Animation Studio, in Hillsboro, Oregon, they've pioneered a ...

A University of Abertay Dundee researcher believes his studies into facial expressions could shape the future of animation by making film and computer game characters more credible. Robin Sloan, PhD ...

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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 ...

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The company behind Unreal Engine and popular battle royale game Fortnite, has created a new motion capture app for iOS called Live Link Face. The new app, by Epic Games, is designed to let developers ...

Epic Games wants to be the best. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Epic Games is the developer behind Fortnite. Its Unreal Engine 4 ...

Remedy, the developer behind the likes of Alan Wake and Quantum Break, has teamed up with GPU-maker Nvidia to streamline one of the more costly parts of modern games development: motion capture and ...

The tech behind Mass Effect: Andromeda's unfortunately hilarious facial expressions is now extinct, BioWare says. Embarrassingly wonky animations are the last thing you want a game that's been in ...

Roblox plans to remove Classic Heads from the marketplace in favor of Dynamic Heads, leaving long-time players in an uproar ...