{"id":1706,"date":"2013-08-29T07:57:24","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T05:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=1706"},"modified":"2013-08-29T07:57:24","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T05:57:24","slug":"amd-and-mixamo-revolutionize-character-art-with-worlds-first-real-time-facial-capture-technology-for-the-unity-development-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/1706-amd-and-mixamo-revolutionize-character-art-with-worlds-first-real-time-facial-capture-technology-for-the-unity-development-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD<\/span> and Mixamo Revolutionize Character Art with World\u2019s First Real-time Facial Capture Technology for the Unity Development Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"
AMD<\/span> APUs and GPUs deli\u00adver advan\u00adced facial cap\u00adtu\u00adre to two mil\u00adli\u00adon Unity developers<\/em><\/div>\n


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\nSUNNYVALE<\/span>, Calif.  \u20148\/28\/2013  <\/strong><\/p>\n

AMD<\/span><\/a> (NYSE<\/span>: AMD<\/span>) today announ\u00adced its col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with Mix\u00adamo on the launch of Face Plus<\/a>, an advan\u00adced real-time moti\u00adon cap\u00adtu\u00adre and 3D<\/span> facial ani\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy for the Unity game engi\u00adne (v4.3). Mix\u00adamo, an AMD<\/span> Ven\u00adtures<\/a> port\u00adfo\u00adlio com\u00adpa\u00adny, pro\u00advi\u00addes online 3D<\/span> ani\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon ser\u00advice for game deve\u00adlo\u00adpers. Mixamo\u2019s Face Plus plug-in for Unity is desi\u00adgned to enable deve\u00adlo\u00adpers to cap\u00adtu\u00adre their facial expres\u00adsi\u00adons through stan\u00addard web\u00adcams and trans\u00adfer them in real time onto a 3D<\/span> cha\u00adrac\u00adter using tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy powered by AMD<\/span> A\u2011Series APUs and GPUs1<\/sup>. This real-time cap\u00adtu\u00adre and ani\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty is made pos\u00adsi\u00adble by off\u00adloa\u00adding Mixamo\u2019s inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve and com\u00adplex algo\u00adrith\u00adms from the CPU<\/span> onto AMD<\/span>\u2019s indus\u00adtry-lea\u00adding GPU<\/span> technology.<\/p>\n

Face Plus was deve\u00adlo\u00adped for devices that sup\u00adport Open\u00adCL\u2122 1.1 or newer ver\u00adsi\u00adons. Face Plus enables rich, detail\u00aded moti\u00adon cap\u00adtu\u00adre at full came\u00adra frame rates, inclu\u00adding typi\u00adcal stan\u00addard web\u00adcam con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons, using an AMD<\/span> APU<\/span>. It runs opti\u00admal\u00adly on AMD<\/span> APUs and GPUs; a sys\u00adtem powered by an AMD<\/span> A10-4600M<\/span> APU<\/span> was capa\u00adble of up to 42 frames-per-second cap\u00adtures in real-time with GPU-acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon enab\u00adled, a 13X<\/span> per\u00adfor\u00admance impro\u00adve\u00adment when com\u00adpared to using CPU<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsing alo\u00adne2<\/sup>. By lever\u00adaging the full, mas\u00adsi\u00adve com\u00adpu\u00adte power of AMD<\/span> APUs and GPUs, deve\u00adlo\u00adpers can ani\u00adma\u00adte 3D<\/span> cha\u00adrac\u00adters in real time allo\u00adwing for sim\u00adpli\u00adfied work\u00adflows and fewer inter\u00adrup\u00adti\u00adons in the crea\u00adti\u00adve pro\u00adcess. While real-time moti\u00adon cap\u00adtu\u00adre of facial expres\u00adsi\u00adons is curr\u00adent\u00adly available as a deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment tool for con\u00adtent crea\u00adti\u00adon, it has the poten\u00adti\u00adal to make its way into con\u00adsu\u00admer soft\u00adware such as video games and video con\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adcing appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, giving con\u00adsu\u00admers the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to ani\u00adma\u00adte ava\u00adtars in real time.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>AMD<\/span> is impres\u00adsed with the results Mix\u00adamo has achie\u00adved in opti\u00admi\u00adzing its tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy and is exci\u00adted not only about the capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties it brings to Unity deve\u00adlo\u00adpers today, but also the poten\u00adti\u00adal it could bring to new con\u00adsu\u00admer appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons,\u201d said Man\u00adju Heg\u00adde, cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adte vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent, Hete\u00adro\u00adge\u00adneous Solu\u00adti\u00adons at AMD<\/span>. \u201cThanks to incre\u00addi\u00adble Open\u00adCL per\u00adfor\u00admance, broad avai\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty and the capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty of AMD<\/span> APU<\/span> and GPU<\/span> solu\u00adti\u00adons across PC<\/span> form fac\u00adtors, Unity deve\u00adlo\u00adpers can enjoy a much more stream\u00adli\u00adned deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment pro\u00adcess, allo\u00adwing their crea\u00adti\u00advi\u00adty to flow with tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy so powerful it rece\u00addes into the back\u00adground wit\u00adhout inter\u00adrupt\u00ading the crea\u00adti\u00adve process.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Mix\u00adamo is exci\u00adted about enab\u00adling Unity\u2019s gro\u00adwing base of over two mil\u00adli\u00adon deve\u00adlo\u00adpers to crea\u00adte even more enga\u00adging sto\u00adries for its games and movies,\u201d said Ste\u00adfa\u00adno Coraz\u00adza, CEO<\/span> and co-foun\u00adder of Mix\u00adamo. \u201cWith Face Plus, Mix\u00adamo lever\u00ada\u00adges main\u00adstream AMD<\/span> APU-based sys\u00adtems with simp\u00adle off-the-shelf web\u00adcams to deli\u00adver real-time high-fide\u00adli\u00adty facial cap\u00adtu\u00adre and ani\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon for 3D<\/span> cha\u00adrac\u00adters. Our main mis\u00adsi\u00adon is to demo\u00adcra\u00adti\u00adze 3D<\/span> cha\u00adrac\u00adter art, and Face Plus takes us one step fur\u00adther by revo\u00adlu\u00adtio\u00adni\u00adzing how game and film deve\u00adlo\u00adpers crea\u00adte cha\u00adrac\u00adter art and emo\u00adtio\u00adnal engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Resour\u00adces<\/strong><\/p>\n