Unity 4.3 adds new 2D tools and blendshape animation

Updated, now shipping: there's a new markerless facial mocap plugin and the Unity Cloud program, too.

Wednesday, November 13th, 2013

Faceware Technologies ships Analyzer 2.0, Retargeter 4.0

New Lite editions of the markerless facial mocap tools cut the price of a complete system to $1,190 per seat.

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013

Dynamixyz announces Performer 7

Up-and-coming markerless facial mocap system gets new background solving and scripting options.

Monday, July 22nd, 2013

Eye candy: the making of the Call of Juarez trailer

VFX house yU+co uses much-hyped new MotionScan facial mocap system on Ubisoft's gritty shooter.

Friday, April 15th, 2011

How MPC created Deathly Hallows' seven Potters

Nicholas Aithadi explains how Mova's Contour facial mocap system helped MPC create the sequence.

Friday, November 26th, 2010

Reallusion releases Character Creator 5

Check out the new features in this major update to the 3D character creation app, from the new HD base characters to the new Maya plugin.

Thursday, August 28th, 2025

Black Friday, Cyber Monday and Holiday 2024 deals for CG artists

Updated 24 December: Find discounts on CG hardware and software available until New Year, including 3DCoat, FumeFX and Yeti.

Tuesday, December 24th, 2024

Basefount releases Animcraft 5.0

Unusual tool for creating software-agnostic animation libraries gets new AI-based markerless full-body motion-capture system

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024

Reallusion launches AccuFace

New GPU-accelerated AI mocap add-on for iClone extracts facial motion data from video in real time. Works with consumer webcams.

Tuesday, November 7th, 2023

Rokoko announces Headrig

Slimline smartphone head mount for facial motion-capture work will cost just $195 and weigh just 240g. For both iOS and Android phones.

Wednesday, July 26th, 2023

Epic Games releases free iOS app Live Link Face for UE4

Impressive free app streams facial animation from an iPhone to a 3D character in the game engine.

Thursday, July 9th, 2020

Faceware Technologies launches Faceware Studio

Next-gen replacement for the old Faceware Live mocap system adds neat new 'Motion Effects' for tuning facial solves.

Wednesday, May 13th, 2020

Reallusion ships iClone 7.1

Update to real-time character animation tool overhauls the DoF system and animation timeline; adds paid-for Curve Editor plugin.

Wednesday, December 6th, 2017