processing software development, will be showcasing their latest
technological advancements at this year's SIGGRAPH show, which takes place
next week in San Diego, USA from 7.- 9. August 2007. At the show, the
REALVIZ team will be demonstrating the REALVIZ HDR Imaging Studio, unveiled
in June of this year, and REALVIZ Movimento, a state-of-the-art video-based
motion capture solution, which debuted at SIGGRAPH 2006.
Photomatix Pro, and is the only software bundle available today for the
creation of HDR environments for virtual reality, industrial design, special
effects and video game applications, starting from digital snapshots and
panoramas. With Stitcher 5.6, users can build HDR panoramas and directly
export them as environment maps in their favorite 3D package. VTour 1.2 HDR
now also enables digital content creators, for the first time ever, to add
depth information to their HDR environment maps for Spatial Image-Based
Lighting (SIBL). The REALVIZ HDR Imaging Studio is available in English for
Windows ®.
REALVIZ Movimento is a video-based motion capture solution, 'Powered by
SMART', REALVIZ' powerful automatic 3D tracking engine. Movimento offers the
unique capability to capture the motion of any non-rigid object (humans,
animals) in post-production, from synchronized image sequences with total
flexibility. Starting from 2 cameras to as many as required, either fixed or
moving and at different frame rates and definitions, REALVIZ Movimento
expands the boundaries of the traditional motion capture studio by offering
users the ability to take the motion capture process beyond the studio to
where the action is. Movimento offers a complete and flexible solution for
facial, hand, arm and full-body motion capture across a wide range of
applications, from special effects, games, animation, biomechanical
research, sports science, orthopedics and engineering, to behavioral
analysis.
Since its launch at SIGGRAPH 2006, Movimento has been firmly embraced by
leading motion capture specialists and production houses worldwide,
including: Framestore CFC (UK), Activision, Inc. (USA), WideScreen Games
(France), Glassworks (London) and FilmAkademie Stuttgart (Germany) amongst
others.
Demonstrations of REALVIZ Movimento, connected to a 4 CCD camera capture
system, and the REALVIZ HDR Imaging Studio will take place at the SIGGRAPH
Exhibition (REALVIZ booth 1629) Aug 7.-9., 2007.
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