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ImageMetrics Facial Animation Tapped For UT3, GTA IV

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Animation software company Image Metrics has revealed that its proprietary facial animation solution was used to animate characters in games including 2K Games' Top Spin 3, Epic's Unreal Tournament 3, and Rockstar's Midnight Club Los Angeles and Grand Theft Auto IV.

The company says its animation solution animates faces without the need for markers or makeup, and is able to translate human movement onto the faces of game characters.
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Published: 672 days 2 hours ago | News | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360
 
 

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SeNiLe911 - 672 days 2 hours ago
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1 - Be sure to watch the video demonstration
on the front page of Image Metrics website http://image-metrics.com/ , it pretty incredible.
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LinuxGuru - 672 days 2 hours ago
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That is pretty damned amazing!
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OpiZA - 672 days 1 hour ago
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Holy.
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Cellypower - 672 days 1 hour ago
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thats sweet mannn.
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Rybnik - 671 days 23 hours ago
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I had no idea all these games shared some of the same facial animation tech..intersting: Killzone, MGS4, UT3, Ruby demo, etc.
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PS_Family - 671 days 22 hours ago
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Heavenly Sword is the game with the best facial animation I've ever seen.
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Kigmal - 671 days 21 hours ago
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damn that chick at 0:34 is hot
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koston3647 - 671 days 21 hours ago
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7 - woah woah
what the hell is that game where its the black guy with face paint????
that looks phenominal!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Kigmal - 671 days 19 hours ago
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dude these arent using console power. these are all CG. click the video, it says it. the really good looking ones.
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level 360 - 671 days 19 hours ago
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10 - Do you remember?
Remember Drunna?

If they can revive and re-make another Drunna game ( from Paolo E. Serpieri ) using this technology with the added advancement of CGI and a total re-thinking for a better storyline, could make this a better cult-game.

I don't own the game version, but have a few of his most infamous Drunna heroine on books and HeavyMetal magazines ( comments that I'ved read were that it was totally bad and did the character a lot of injustice ).

A good benchmark could be the Silent Hill series game - as both have the same type of totally creepy creatures, similar background look, same paranoia experience.

They can make ( 2 ) versions, an uncencored one - only for download on the net, the other a matured ( tamer ) version - in disc format. Followers of the series would know why it has to be done this way.

Hope it happens. Would'nt even mind working on this game if somebody gives it another try.
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simply amazing.
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