Walt Mossberg – For iPad and Mobile Devices, a “Port” out of the Norm
Extraordinarily lifelike characters are to begin appearing in films and computer games thanks to a new type of animation technology. … Researchers at a Californian company that makes computer-generated imagery for Hollywood films started with a video of an employee talking. They then broke down down the facial movements down into dozens of smaller movements, each of which was given a “control system.”
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