Faceshift and Sven
Faceshift, the markerless facial capture company, demonstrated their latest tech at Siggraph using the Sven character from Autodesk's Hyperspace Madness project. We helped out with the rigging. I wrote the facial system and our awesome modelers created the facial shapes. You can check out Sven at both the 4:09 mark and the 6:30 mark. The quality achieved with Faceshifts system is pretty impressive! Update: Found some more videos...
Creature Art and Mechanics
We've launched! A group of artists and technologists that helped bring “Davy Jones” to life in “Pirates of the Caribbean,” and made everyone's favorite childhood robots leap into action in “Transformers,” have launched a new studio based in Marin County, CA. The men, formerly Creature and Character Designers from ILM, Digital Domain, and Imagemovers Digital, have launched “Creature Art and Mechanics Digital” (CAM Digital or CAMd). The announcement was made today by the new company's founding partners Scott C....