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Image Metrics is a 3D facial animation and Virtual Try-on company headquartered in El Segundo, with offices in Las Vegas, and research facilities in Manchester. Image Metrics are the makers of the Live Driver and Portable You SDKs for software developers and are providers of facial animation software and services to the visual effects industries.
About[edit]
The Image Metrics proprietary facial animation system is a Markerless motion capture method in which an actor's performance is filmed and a 3D animated model is generated directly from the raw images. The process uses pre-existing or newly recorded video of an actor’s facial performance shot with a video or High definition camera. All detail seen in the recorded video is then analyzed and mapped onto a computer-generated 3D model, including the detailed movements of teeth, tongue, lips and eyes.
The Image Metrics animation process captures facial details like eye movement, lip and tongue synching, subtle expressions and skin textures that can be compromised in the use of traditional motion capture methods. Advanced mapping technology allows Image Metrics to deliver facial animation results up to five times faster than motion capture methods and ten times faster than key frame animation (although this figure is subjective, since Keyframe Animation can be used to produce very different results.)
History[edit]
Image Metrics was founded in 2000 in Manchester by Gareth Edwards, Kevin Walker and Alan Brett. The Image Metrics office in Santa Monica was opened six years later.
The Image Metrics performance capture animation process was developed over the past seven years by an in-house team of physicists, programmers and animators. Since its inception, Image Metrics facial animation technology has been applied in over 40 video games, movies and commercials worldwide.[1] In 2006, The New York Times heralded Image Metrics' techniques as 'technology that captures the soul'.[2]
Image Metrics technology was also used to animate the deceased actor Richard Burton for a computer-generated encore performance. The company provided the modeling and facial animation for a photo-realistic, 11-foot 3D hologram of the late Burton for the Live on Stage! production of 'Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of The Worlds.' Image Metrics animated a Richard Burton in his mid 30's to recreate his role as journalist George Herbert. Image Metrics completed a total of 23 minutes of facial animation synchronized to the original audio recording of the international star of stage and screen.
Credits[edit]
Image Metrics has created facial animation for feature films including The Wolfman (2010), Meet Dave (2008), Foodfight! (2012) and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007). In addition to its work with feature films, Image Metrics has created facial animation for a number of popular video games including Red Dead Redemption, Devil May Cry 4, SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Combined Assault, SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs - Fireteam Bravo 2, Bully, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror, 24: The Game, Call of Duty 2, Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, The Warriors, Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, The Getaway: Black Monday, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and Grand Theft Auto IV. They are also an integral component of Sony's SOEmote feature which debuted in the successful MMORPG, Everquest 2 in August 2012.
References[edit]
- ^https://www.imdb.com/company/co0169966/
- ^New York Times article
External links[edit]
- Image Metrics Official Website
- Image Metrics on IMDb
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Image Metrics Inc., a leading developer of 3D facial animation technology, today announced the availability of its Live Driver Software Development Kit (SDK). Live Driver is a groundbreaking real-time facial analysis and animation technology that adds the capability for 3D characters to mirror a user’s movements, expressions and emotions in real-time, utilizing nothing more than a standard webcam.
The Live Driver technology has been launched as an SDK that allows developers to easily incorporate it into a wide range of applications. By capturing facial movements through any consumer-grade video camera in real-time, Live Driver translates a person’s expressions and emotions onto the faces of characters in any virtual setting, from online games to video chat to user-created videos. The result is an unprecedented level of natural animation, immersion and personalization in social media, gaming and online communication platforms.
“Live Driver takes advantage of the desire for online users to express themselves in creative and compelling ways with the cameras that are on their computers, phones and tablets, and now lets them use that camera for personal animation. We are excited to see how developers will create new ways for users to interact and express themselves via their products,” said Robert Gehorsam, CEO at Image Metrics. “Live Driver is a vital addition to our growing line-up of personalization technologies, combining powerful features with remarkable ease-of-use for the consumer.”
Live Driver was developed in collaboration with industry-leading professional animators and world-renowned computer vision experts on the Image Metrics team. The software tracks in real-time key features of the face on every frame, and instantly analyzes the most nuanced facial expressions, which allows the character to replicate a user’s precise facial movement and, even more importantly, to convey their actual emotions. Live Driver is a lightweight client application with minimal hardware requirements.
For more information about the Live Driver SDK and to request an evaluation, or purchase a license, please visit www.image-metrics.com/Live-Driver/Overview
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Founded in 2000, Image Metrics revolutionizes digital media, social media and online communications by empowering users to create highly expressive representations of themselves across a wide range of platforms and applications. Image Metrics offers its facial analysis and animation technology to developers through powerful SDKs that include PortableYou™ and Live Driver™. Image Metrics is headquartered in Santa Monica, Calif., with its R&D center located in Manchester, UK. For more information, please visit www.Image-Metrics.com