by: Yann Gourvennec
Motion Portrait in Japan is taking this one step further with the ability to turn a 2D picture into a fully-fledged 3D intelligent animation.
The result is awesome and can be seen on their home page at http://www.motionportrait.com/e/. If you refresh that page you’ll see different versions of the same avatar, with different accessories (fuzzy-haired wig, moustache and thick eyebrows, spectacles or plain 3D animation).
Very impressive indeed, and also a bit weird to a certain extent in so far as it is very close to a real person and therefore very strange. Motion Portrait also offer manga-style IVA’s or other formats. Their IVA’s aren’t just made for web pages but can be adapted for mobile phones, TV programmes and game consoles.
Original Post: http://visionarymarketing.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/near-real-life-3d-avatars-application-killer-or-virtual-scarecrow/
