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Image Metrics acquires FacePro to let gamers lip-sync for their lives

Source: By Dean Takahashi, VentureBeat.com

August 5, 2010-Facial animation firm Image Metrix is announcing today that it has acquired FacePro to make lip-synching services for video games and movies more affordable. 

Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Santa Monica, Calif.-based Image Metrics, which is publicly traded in the over-the-counter market, has acquired Idaho-based FacePro and will integrate its tools into Image Metrics’ portfolio of animation services.

Image Metrics Nominated for Develop Awards

June 3, 2010 - Image Metrics is excited to announce that is has been nominated for the Develop Awards in the category of "Visual Outsourcer."

Splicing Dren Together

Source: By Bill Desowitz, Animation World Network

June 9, 2010 - In Splice, two scientists (Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley) cross the ethical cloning line with terrifying results by combining human and animal DNA. It's director Vincenzo Natali's Frankenstein, which took him a decade to make. Longtime Natali collaborator, Bob Munroe, the visual effects supervisor (formerly with the now defunct C.O.R.E. Digital), was on the project from the very beginning.

Small Faces: Leading Mocap Studios Talk to Develop about Leaping the Uncanny Valley, Pt. 2

Source: by Will Freeman, Develop.com

April 19, 2010 -

THERE’S NO EYE IN TEAM
With the other side of the Uncanny Valley clearly occupying the minds of even the most pessimistic observers, there’s an encouraging trend that is contrary to what might be expected of a discipline defined by competing technologies. Collaboration and cooperation are buzzwords in the sector, and almost every high profile firm in the field has warm things to say about its rivals, and some kind of deal with a ‘competitor’.