A Weta Digital researcher, Iain Matthews, has joined university academics in Britain and the United States to develop a way of “cloning” facial expressions. The computer scientists have challenged assumptions about human behaviour and what influences that behaviour when people communicate by tracking the expressions of individuals during live conversations on a video conference, and mapping the facial movements to models of faces. Weta helps to ‘clone’ facial expressions
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Dustyhobbit writes: I have exciting news for those in the LA area, Guillermo del Toro will be at one of our stores TOMORROW (2 June) for a discussion and booksigning of ‘The Strain’. From the website: The director of Pan’s Labyrinth presents a novel about a horrifying battle between man & vampire that threatens all humanity. Discussion and Signing June 02, 2009 7:00 PM. Westwood Borders (1360 Westwood Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90024).
Pre-Order ‘The Strain: Book One of The Strain Trilogy (Hardcover)’ on Amazon.com today!
Guillermo del Toro will be a guest on ‘The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson’ tonight on CBS. He is there to promote his new book ‘The Strain’, but lets hope they talk The Hobbit!! The Late Late Show is on CBS at 12:35AM.
From the folks at WETA: We are very excited to announce that Weta’s good friend and renowned Tolkien illustrator, Alan Lee, will be doing a book signing at the Weta Cave.
Saturday 20 June 1-3 pm
The Weta Cave, Cnr Camperdown Rd and Weka St, Miramar, Wellington
Entrance is free and you should take the opportunity to explore the rest of the Weta Cave at the same time. More…
Giant flying creatures, a lush jungle planet, a futuristic flying machine and a “power suit” are just some of the images audiences are likely to see in Titanic director James Cameron’s new sci-fi movie Avatar. Concept art from the US$200 million film (NZ$320m), shot in Wellington with visual effects by Weta Digital, appeared online this week, sanctioned by the film’s backers 20th Century Fox. Weta brings sci-fi giant to screen
From: Wired Magazine (via shocktillyoudrop.com)
Next week, Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s “The Strain” hits bookshelves. It’s the first novel in a trilogy (I’ve liked what I have read of it so far) that’s a spin on vampire lore. Del Toro talked about it a bit in this video interview and today Wired released the following “teaser trailer” to tie in with the series. Continue reading “Promo Trailer for Del Toro’s The Strain”