The best new software from Siggraph 2013

Updated: We round up the main new products from the show - including five more we missed first time round.

Tuesday, August 6th, 2013

Dynamixyz announces Performer 7

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

Monday, July 22nd, 2013

Microsoft shows off hand recognition on the Kinect

Video shows gestures in use to control Windows 8 apps, but don't expect to do finger capture just yet.

Monday, March 11th, 2013

Brekel Kinect Pro Face: facial mocap with a Kinect

Updated: stream data from the $99 markerless system into Unity, MotionBuilder... and now 3ds Max.

Friday, July 20th, 2012

Forget video mapping: here's mocap mapping

Watch people interact live with a 3D projection of a mocapped character in NuFormer's cool teaser video.

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

Kinect pioneer releases new facial mocap demo

Watch Jasper Brekelmans' tech demo for Motek Entertainment's new markerless facial capture system.

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

Microsoft releases official Kinect SDK

Official toolset finally ships for Xbox 360 peripheral - start your own DIY mocap project here.

Thursday, June 16th, 2011