In the old days, you’d get out your tools and carefully sculpt the mouth, frame by frame, until the smile looked just right. But at LAIKA Animation Studio, in Hillsboro, Oregon, they've pioneered a ...

A University of Abertay Dundee researcher believes his studies into facial expressions could shape the future of animation by making film and computer game characters more credible. Robin Sloan, PhD ...

Using Apple’s ARKit and the iPhone’s TrueDepth camera Using Apple’s ARKit and the iPhone’s TrueDepth camera is a reporter with five years of experience covering consumer tech releases, EU tech policy, ...

The company behind Unreal Engine and popular battle royale game Fortnite, has created a new motion capture app for iOS called Live Link Face. The new app, by Epic Games, is designed to let developers ...

The tech behind Mass Effect: Andromeda's unfortunately hilarious facial expressions is now extinct, BioWare says. Embarrassingly wonky animations are the last thing you want a game that's been in ...

Remedy, the developer behind the likes of Alan Wake and Quantum Break, has teamed up with GPU-maker Nvidia to streamline one of the more costly parts of modern games development: motion capture and ...

Epic Games wants to be the best. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Epic Games is the developer behind Fortnite. Its Unreal Engine 4 ...

Lewis is a freelance content writer based in the UK. Despite being a self-proclaimed lover of RPGs and adventure games, the chances that they'll be found replaying Bloodborne or Fallout: New Vegas are ...

Humanity will soon take another giant step toward relegating all human contact to virtual spaces. Cloud Imperium Games' forever-in-progress Star Citizen is set to level up in-game facial expressions ...

Epic Games has acquired Manchester-based facial animation company Cubic Motion. The announcement was made by both Epic Games and Cubic Motion yesterday. Cubic Motion is responsible for creating ...