That exquisite animation they do is brilliant ... Courtesy of Focus Features On “Coraline,” 3D-printed faces still had to be individually hand painted, limiting both the number of faces ...

automatically creating a 3D graphic from a 2D photo of a person's face. The system – also called MotionPortrait – can identify the mouth, eyes and other features of the human face ...

That wide array of curated faces is then processed into what it ... used even by small developers to create highly convincing 3D animation without the usual time and labor investment.

Major brands, too, seek emotionally resonant storytelling without monthslong timelines or ballooning 3D animation costs. The challenge: most 3D animation tools are still slow, technical ...

Facer introduced an industry first this morning — real-time 3D watch faces for compatible Wear OS smartwatches. We’re talking interactive 3D animations with dynamic lighting effects, particle ...

And just how far it's come is apparent when we see this footage of early 3D animations of the human face. The video below shows the work of Frederic Ira Parke from the early 1970s. He carried out ...

as one would've traditionally had to for animation. Instead, Intel's AI studied her facial expressions from still photos, and created a 3D mask of her face and overlaid the effects on it in real-time.

Detailed tracking of faces allowed translation of live performances onto 3D models. This work underpins some of the most celebrated facial animations in cinema and gaming. Computer-generated animation ...