“I Wanna Dance With Somebody: Generating Authentic Crowds With Volumetric Video” by Macmillan, Drewes, Libby and Robertson

  • ©Callum Macmillan, Brian Drewes, Don Libby, and Eric 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 authentic crowds, with each extra captured in 3D.


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©Callum Macmillan, Brian Drewes, Don Libby, and Eric Robertson

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