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Title: Apple buys Faceshift, a motion capture company Post by: HCK on November 27, 2015, 03:00:15 am Apple buys Faceshift, a motion capture company
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Apple has confirmed its acquisition of Faceshift, a Zurich-based motion capture company whose technology is being used in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.</p><p>Rumors of the acquisition first appeared a couple months ago (http://www.macrumors.com/2015/09/04/faceshift-motion-capture-acquired/), and Apple has now confirmed the deal with TechCrunch (http://techcrunch.com/2015/11/24/apple-faceshift/?ncid=rss). Faceshift’s software is able to capture facial expressions and graft them onto digital avatars in near real-time. Intel demoed the technology with its 3D RealSense cameras (http://www.pcworld.com/article/2893270/hands-on-without-apps-intels-realsense-camera-is-a-puzzle.html) earlier this year, and the 0:41 second mark of this Star Wars: The Force Awakens video (https://youtu.be/CTNJ51ghzdY?t=40s) shows a glimpse of Faceshift in action.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3008624/business/apple-buys-faceshift-a-motion-capture-company.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Apple buys Faceshift, a motion capture company (http://www.macworld.com/article/3008624/business/apple-buys-faceshift-a-motion-capture-company.html#tk.rss_all) |