Disney Research - Realistic and Interactive Robot Gaze

 

The motion is feeling better but it's still in uncanny valley. Cool but creepy!

 

You can read the technical paper here:

// Disney Research - Realistic and Interactive Robot Gaze

 "We present a general architecture that seeks not only to create gaze interactions from a technological standpoint,but  also  through  the  lens  of  character  animation  where  the fidelity  and  believability  of  motion  is  paramount;" -Walt Disney Imagineering - Advanced Development, Glendale, California, USA

 

The Virtual Production of The Mandalorian

FXGUIDE // Going off-model: Hotel Transylvania 2

// Going off-model: Hotel Transylvania 2 (via fxguide)

High-Fidelity Facial Performance Capture

These vids are impressive! I think the uncanny valley might be conquered in our lifetime ha ha Fingers crossed!










Disney Research Hub



 Blur Studio

How Codecs Work

Great article about codecs from no film school and video tutorial by David Kong.



// Confused About Codecs? This Video Tutorial Will Teach You What You Need to Know

Sculpting in Virtual Reality - Oculus Rift

impressive

Advanced Quadruped Running Robot

This was to cool not to post! Be sure to check out the slow-motion clip at the end of the vid! More info about the bot over on WIRED

// Darpa’s Cheetah-Bot Designed to Chase Human Prey via WIRED

Book of the FUTURE!! (from 1979)

This is too funny! Check out all the crazy "future predictions" from the past (1979) after the jump -

http://www.pointlessmuseum.com/museum/usbornebookofthefutureindex.php