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Submitted by admin on Thu, 06/05/2008 - 09:22.
Image Metrics is a Finalist in the 2008 Develop Awards. We've been recognized along with Rockstar Games and Natural Motion for our work on GTA IV. View the whole story here: http://www.developmag.com/news/29925/Develop-Awards-finalists-revealed.
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Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 17:38.
Popular Mechanics recently ran a feature on facial animation in which Image Metrics was featured.
Submitted by admin on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 17:24.
Patrick Davenport discusses Image Metrics' markerless, makeup-free facial animation technology at FMX 08. Here's what the editor, Johannes Wolters, had to say: "This software arguably marks a turning point in capturing the very essence of a performance of an actor very accurately and very, very fast."
Read the full article here: http://vfxworld.com/?atype=articles&id=3639&page=2
Submitted by admin on Wed, 04/30/2008 - 10:52.
Image Metrics recently ran a survey to both the games and film markets. We're happy to announce that the following survey respondents have been randomly chosen to win iPod nanos:
-David Robinson
-Gabriel Soto Campa
-Irina Polishchuk
-Ryan Kuehn
-Phill Le Count
-Ray McIntyre
-Kyle Gaulin
Please join us in congratulating these lucky winners, and thank you all again for taking our survey.
Submitted by admin on Mon, 04/14/2008 - 17:11.
CG Society writes in their latest exploration of Image Metrics: "Image Metrics has bridged the Uncanny Valley, developing a superior facial capture and animation system that creates facial animation with far greater accuracy, as much as seven times faster than keyframing, and they only need video files and a facial rig and 3D model to get started."
To check out the entire article, visit:
http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4480
Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/18/2008 - 09:03.
Want to know what it's like to work for Image Metrics? Check out G4TV's interview with Image Metrics' very own producer, David Barton.
http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/videos/20771/Will_Work_For_Games_Facial_Animat...
Submitted by admin on Wed, 03/12/2008 - 15:58.
NBC's Tech Now recently reviewed Image Metrics and how their markerless facial animation is changing the face of games and films.
To view the clip, right click on the link and save it to your computer:
http://image-metrics.com/videos/kd-2.wmv
Submitted by admin on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 17:41.
Image Metric's facial animation brings characters to life in Epic's next-generation game, Unreal Tournament 3. See the full story on Computer Graphics World's web site.
http://cgw.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%...
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Submitted by IM Blog on Mon, 02/11/2008 - 19:59.
Read the pdf.
Submitted by admin on Thu, 02/07/2008 - 17:47.
Image Metrics is expanding the R&D team responsible for performance-driven animation technology. Our software creates stunning animation for the world’s top-rated video games and movies such as Grand Theft Auto IV and Harry Potter. If you are a dynamic, highly motivated person... > Find out more