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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Animators have a tough task creating realistic animations that reflect the nuances and emotions of real people. But Mixamo has created a game development tool called Face Plus that can capture a face ...