“The Jester” by Pacific Title / Mirage Studio
Conference:
SIGGRAPH Video Review:
Track:
- 22
Title:
- The Jester
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Pacific Title / Mirage Studio
Description:
This is your first encounter with your hostess of the synthetic world. She appears as a sexy jester, a symbol of joviality and fantasy. She reminds you that the virtual world caters to your spiritual and physical well-being. It is now your chance to decide which world you would like to enter…
The Jester was created using Pacific Title / Mirage’s propri-etary LifeF/X system. Based on a finite element description of the face, LifeF/X captures, recreates, and manipulates subtle facial movement from a live performance. Maya was used to add and animate the hat, and Renderman to output the final images.
Software:
Pacific Title / Mirage’s propri-etary LifeF/X system, Maya, Renderman
Additional Contributors:
Co-Directors of LifeF/X Development: Paul Charette, Mark Sagar
CG Artists: Dave Altenau, Cory Bedwell, Rudy Grossman, Rachel Kelley, Justine Sagar, Olivier Sarda, Kevin Smith, Brian Steiner, Andrew Tucker, Chris Waegner
Digital Tracking: David Geiger, Brad Kalinoski, David Kalinoski, James Shephard, Tinatsu Wallace, Kieran Waegner
LifeF/X Software Development: Shane Blackett, David Bullivant, Richard Christie, Peter Hunter, Poul Neilsen, Stuart Norris
Editor: Greg DeCamp
Music: Marc Crandall
The Jester: Jessica Vallot
