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  • Image Metrics Launches FACEWARE™ - Award-Winning Facial Animation Software for Game Developers

    LOS ANGELES, CA — March 8, 2010 — Image Metrics, a leading provider of facial animation technology and services for the entertainment industry, today announced the launch of FACEWARE™, the Company’s unique facial animation technology platform.

  • Xsens & IM Partner to Provide Complete Freedom of Movement with on Location Body & Facial Performance Capture Solution

    ENSCHEDE, THE NETHERLANDS and SANTA MONICA, CA – Mar. 3, 2010 - Xsens Technologies, a leading supplier of 3D motion tracking products based on miniature MEMS inertial sensor technology, and Image Metrics, a leading provider of facial animation technology and services, today announced the integration of the Companies’ motion capture and facial animation technologies to provide a comprehensive solution for facial and body performance capture for the video game and film industries.

  • Image Metrics Partners with Babel Media to Provide High Quality Localized Facial Animation for Video Games

    LOS ANGELES — Feb. 24, 2010 — Image Metrics, the leading provider of facial animation technology products and services for the entertainment industry and Babel Media, the leading provider of outsourced localization services to the games and interactive entertainment industries, are teaming up to radically improve facial animation quality in localized video games and significantly improve the player’s experience.

  • Image Metrics Animates Space Marines for Upcoming Ultramarines Sci-Fi Feature Film

    LOS ANGELES, CA — Jan. 26, 2010 — Image Metrics, the leading provider of facial animation technology and services for the entertainment industry, is providing facial animation for the characters in the upcoming animated science fiction thriller film, Ultramarines. Produced by UK-based Codex Pictures, in association with Good Story Productions and Canadian co-producer Pop6 Studios, Ultramarines is based on Games Workshop’s iconic property Warhammer 40,000, the epic tabletop war game set in a bleak universe in the 41st millennium.

  • Image Metrics Offers Free Trial of Facial Animation Services for Video Game Developers and Film Studios

    LOS ANGELES, CA — Jan. 21, 2010 — Image Metrics, the leading provider of facial animation technology and services for the entertainment industry, today introduced a free trial program, offering 30 seconds of animation for prospective film and game customers. Under the free trial program, Image Metrics will animate content chosen by the studio and provide results via a QuickTime video, 2D Expression Sheets and software scene files that can be easily integrated back into studios’ production pipelines.