The digital humans are among us. In February of 2021, Epic Games, developers of the Unreal Engine, a leading video game software engine, announced the impending launch of its MetaHuman Creator application. “Creating truly convincing digital humans is hard,” acknowledged…
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From Human Animals to Animal Humans: Animation Practices in Three Versions of The Jungle Book
by Tina Ohnmacht and Lukas von Berg • May 13, 2019 • 2 Comments
The Warner Bros. production Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle (2018, by Andy Serkis) uses motion capture for animating the animals. After seeing this film, we were left with a strong, yet uncanny fascination. In order to look further into this,…