“I Wanna Dance With Somebody: Generating Authentic Crowds With Volumetric Video” by Macmillan, Drewes, Libby and Robertson
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- I Wanna Dance With Somebody: Generating Authentic Crowds With Volumetric Video
Session/Category Title: Crowded House: Advances in Crowd Simulation
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At the center of Whitney Houston biopic “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” are performances with crowds upwards of 70,000 people, taking place over a period of 40 years. This talk explores a collaborative new process using volumetric video capture for generating crowds for feature film, with each extra captured in 3D, allowing for authentic movement and emotion, expansive camera moves and avoiding the use of thousands of extras.
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