Tech Trio Reveals 4D Facial Performance Capture Service [Video]

Clear Angle Studios, DI4D, and TexturingXYZ have teamed up on a groundbreaking 4D facial performance capture service, which for the first time produces per-frame map data to deliver a final product almost indistinguishable from recorded human footage of a human. The companies announced the new service, described “as a new standard of performance-driven digital human faces” at SIGGRAPH 2024 last week.

Also, the group shared a video (below) illustrating the building process from the initial mesh to final render, offering a glimpse into the “future of interactive entertainment” and the potential collaborative capability that the three specialist companies could offer vendors in a single service.

Clear Angle Studios provides capture technologies, DI4D provides markerless mesh tracking, and TexturingXYZ enhances the micro-skin details on the maps using advanced Hyperskin technology.

As described the group, 3D scanning produces an accurate digital model of a static, real-life subject. However, even when using a 3D scan, recreating an …