Judge Denies Defendant Motions in MOVA Suit Against Fox, Paramount, Disney and Marvel
Ruling means technology owner Rearden’s IP infringement lawsuits and discovery efforts can continue.
Tagged With: Motion-Capture
Annecy 2018: Political, Social and Family Issues Stand Out in a Strong Line-Up of Feature Films
From Belle Époque Paris to biblical Egypt, the films in this year’s feature competition offer a bracing diversity of styles, themes and cultures.
Defining Thanos: Weta Brings Motion Capture to New Heights for ‘Avengers: Infinity War’
Weta Digital and Digital Domain transform Josh Brolin’s motion capture performance into a believable and imposing CG adversary.
Sympathy for the Devil: How Digital Domain Helped Create Thanos for ‘Avengers: Infinity War’
Complementing the 12-foot tall purple villain created by Weta Digital for action-packed fight sequences, Digital Domain employs proprietary tool Masquerade using new machine-learning algorithms to deliver emotive performances from the CG character.
WATCH: Phil Tippett Talks Tough on 40 Years of VFX, Movies and More at FMX 2018
The legendary industry pioneer shares his insights as an artist, director, visual effects supervisor and survivor, including thoughts on digital character performance and conflicts with studio executives.
In CG, Event, Films, People, Visual Effects | Blog Post, VFXWorld | Blogs: FMX Conference Spotlight | Special Events: FMX | Geographic Region: All
Vicon Launches Shōgun 1.2
Film-grade motion capture software is on display at FMX.
In CG, Event, Films, Games, Technology, Television, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Special Events: FMX | Geographic Region: All, Europe, North America
How ILM Animated the Avatars from Steven Spielberg’s ‘Ready Player One’
Industrial Light & Magic had a blast creating the virtual world of the OASIS and tripping down memory lane with spot-on recreations of the DeLorean from ‘Back to the Future’ or the T-Rex from ‘Jurassic Park,’ but the avatars were much more demanding.
In 3D, CG, Films, People, Technology, Virtual Reality, Visual Effects | VFXWorld | Geographic Region: All, North America
Vicon Introduces Shōgun 1.2 at GDC 2018 with a Virtual Escape Room
Daily presentations with new Unreal Engine 4 content project and a multi-person virtual escape room take center stage at Vicon’s GDC booth.
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Can Three Caesars Add Up to One More Oscar for Joe Letteri?
Weta’s four-time Oscar-winning senior VFX supervisor talks about the complexities of creating believable digital ape performances in the final film in Fox’s ‘Apes’ trilogy reboot, director Matt Reeves’ futuristic action adventure ‘War for the Planet of the Apes.’
In 3D, Acting, Awards, CG, Films, People, Technology, Visual Effects | VFXWorld | Special Events: Academy Awards | Geographic Region: All, Australia, North America
Image Gallery: Weta Brings Emotion & Drama to CG for ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’
As the sole visual effects vendor on the final instalment of the prequel trilogy based on the 1968 science fiction classic ‘Planet of the Apes,’ Weta Digital is in the midst of a creative and technological renaissance.
In 3D, Acting, Awards, CG, Films, People, Technology, Visual Effects | VFXWorld | Special Events: Academy Awards | Geographic Region: All, Australia
Audiomotion's Vicon Creates Maz Kanata in 'The Last Jedi'
Mocap setup was brought to Pinewood to record Lupita Nyong’o’s scene in the Oscar-nominated ‘Star Wars’ film.
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House of Moves Adds Selma Gladney-Edelman, Alastair Macleod
Motion capture and animation studio brings in new talent to elevate client facing experience and custom workflow solutions.
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Vicon, Framestore Raise the Dead in ‘Thor: Ragnarok’
Vicon motion capture cameras and software aided in the creation of undead soldiers, crowded cities and even the Hulk, all in a matter of days.
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OptiTrack Releases Motive 2.0 Motion Tracking Software
New continuous calibration feature eliminates the need for wand waves. New version also adds functionality for movement sciences, character animation, VR and robotics.
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Vicon Helps Framestore Create Crowds for ‘Blade Runner 2049’
Live mocap link from London to Montreal employing Vicon’s Shōgun and Epic’s Unreal Engine helps artists produce a digital crowd in less than 24 hours.
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Cheer and Loathing in Animation: Episode LI - We Don't Need to Know Who You Are
Every Friday Chris Robinson unleashes improvised and hastily scribbled cheer or loathing on the animation community to be digested, swallowed or... expelled. Today: Just what the hell is animation anyway?
In 2D, 3D, Art, CG, Digital Media, Films, Flash, Motion Graphics, Stop-Motion, Technology | ANIMATIONWorld | Blogs: Let's Go Eat the Factory! | Geographic Region: All
Xsens’ New MVN Animate 2018 Offers Improved Inertial Mo-Cap
Software delivers high-grade data without markers, volumes or cameras.
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Sisters Are Doin' It For Themselves
Artificial intelligence meets emotional intelligence in VR
In 2D, CG, Event, Festival, People, Short Films, Technology, Virtual Reality | ANIMATIONWorld, Blog Post | Blogs: Reality Bites | Geographic Region: Asia
Hail Caesar! Weta Delivers Digital Mastery for ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’
Models supervisor Florian Fernandez talks about his team’s use of proprietary Manuka ray tracer to create photorealistic apes and more for Matt Reeves’ futuristic action-adventure hit.
Reallusion and Faceware Launch Faceware Realtime
Application creates real-time facial motion capture and recording without markers using a webcam.
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Review: ‘Leap!’ Celebrates the Challenges & Joy of a Life ‘en Pointe’
Mocapped performances by members of the Paris Ballet are taken to poetic flights of fancy in CG-animated feature from Gaumont.
In 3D, CG, Films, People, Voice Acting | ANIMATIONWorld | Blogs: The Miscweant | Geographic Region: Europe, North America
Faceware Technologies Announces Faceware Live SDK
The leading markerless 3D-facial motion capture solutions provider has announced a Windows-Native, C++ SDK that enables developers and creatives to build their own real-time, interactive applications SDK for its real-time facial mocap and animation technology, Faceware Live, which it will be discussing at SIGGRAPH 2017 (Booth 741) Aug 1–3.
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DI4D Unveils Highest Fidelity Facial Performance Capture at SIGGRAPH 2017
Proprietary ‘motion scanning’ technology captures 4D data comprising video rate 3D surface scans tracked with a dense fixed topology mesh.
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Vicon Launching Cara Lite at SIGGRAPH 2017
Integrates with Dynamixyz to offer film and game studios more realistic character animations.
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Fox, Paramount & Crystal Dynamics Named Defendants in MOVA Lawsuit
MOVA developers suing Disney and Marvel for IP Infringement expand lawsuit to include ‘Deadpool,’ and ‘Terminator: Genisys’ features and ‘Rise of the Tomb Raider’ video game.
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