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Re:PrioVR: Get your ideas moving by thenomad on Saturday September 14, 2013 @02:22PM (#6386533)
Hmm, very interesting. Can you give me any links for the facial capture stuff?

My full-body mocap needs are mostly sorted, but I'm extremely interested in facial mocap solutions right now because all the existing ones either exceed my budget or suck.

Re:PrioVR: Get your ideas moving by supermatt on Saturday September 14, 2013 @02:42PM (#6386591)
Faceshift.com is what I have played with most. It's amazingly accurate with even the current kinect, but starts at $800 for the indie version.

Brekel.com have a less expensive version, but I have no experience with it.

Open source alternatives seem thin on the ground, if not non existent.

Try faceshift, there's a free trial. It's mind blowingly awesome.

Re:PrioVR: Get your ideas moving by thenomad on Saturday September 14, 2013 @03:33PM (#6386767)
$800 for a facial mocap solution sounds, frankly, brilliant. I shall check it out on Monday/Tuesday.

How does the setup work? I'm assuming you have to spend a while tying expressions to morph targets on the model?

Re:PrioVR: Get your ideas moving by supermatt on Saturday September 14, 2013 @05:06PM (#6387071)
Takes about 5 minutes to train the model using some simple expressions. Deals with detailed facial expressions, eyelid movement and iris tracking (the eye stuff is 'OK' - this is where the newer high resolution kinect should help, if supported).