innovative image capture devices, is proud to announce the launch of
the Aguru Dome™ 2 targeting world leading visual effects, game
development and motion capture service facilities. The Aguru Dome 2
will be on display in the Aguru Images Booth (# 347) throughout the
SIGGRAPH Conference, August 12-14, 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention
Center.
material property measurement for true-to-life computer generated
digital doubles and other real world materials. Aguru Dome 1 is a
production proven solution having been used on the sets of
blockbuster films for measurement of faces, heads and many other
objects for digital reproduction of actors and materials.
The Aguru Dome is based on the Light Stage technology originally
developed by Paul Debevec and his group at the USC Institute for
Creative Technologies, who worked closely with Aguru Images engineers
on this latest commercial release of the imaging solution. The Aguru
Dome 2 brings a number of additional workflow improvements to the
previous version, and is the first product of its kind being made
commercially available to facilities worldwide.
The Aguru Dome 2 offers a 300X improvement in shape measurement
resolution when compared with the quality of data that is considered
standard in the industry today. Moreover, the Aguru Dome 2
automatically derives a host of additional detailed information from
a performer or scanned object, including diffuse, specular, RGB
diffuse normal, and specular normal maps for more accurate digital
depictions.
“We’ve had a fantastic response to the Dome technology which offers
unprecedented precision and an enabling solution to a very hard, but
very common problem in visual effects and game development-creating
accurate digital doubles,” explained Craig Miller, Aguru Images’
CEO. “Due to increasing demands to make the technology available
worldwide, we packaged the Dome 2 with several improvements in both
software and hardware design and focused diligently on our customer’s
requirements. Offering the Aguru Dome 2 for immediate installation
will enable the world’s VFX experts to create even more lifelike
computer generated characters and objects than ever before, but with
a level of automation that most have only dreamed of.”
The Aguru Dome 2 is shipping in September of 2008 and will be
supported by technicians based in Los Angeles, CA and in Rockville,
Maryland.
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