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 ...

Researchers have developed a new framework that synchronizes lifelike lip movements with speech audio, ...

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, ...

Animators have a tough task creating realistic animations that reflect the nuances and emotions of real people. But Mixamo has created a game development tool called Face Plus that can capture a face ...

CARY – Fortnite, the globally popular game from Cary-based Epic, could be getting a lot more life-like thanks to the acquisition of real-time facial animation technology startup Hyprsense. In ...

As technology continues to evolve, so do the methods that Roblox creators can use to animate and improve their games. Players will soon be able to experience what these technological innovations can ...

New research shows facial expressions are planned by the brain before movement, not automatic emotional reactions.

If you were to travel anywhere in the globe -- even to visit remote tribes who have scant contact with the larger world -- would people be able to read your emotions from your facial expressions ...

China has reportedly developed a robot that can respond with natural human facial expressions. The robot was created by Liu Xiaofeng, a professor at Hohai University in Jiangsu Province, and his ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Epic Games, owner of the Unreal Engine widely used across the games industry, has acquired the company behind the facial animation work deployed in ...

When kids talk, AI Buddy responds in real-time with emotions that match the moment, creating interactions that feel natural.