Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD ) today announced the launch of its collaboration with Mixamo Face Plus . Face Plus is a technology for motion capture and 3D facial animation in real -time using the Unity game engine ( v4.3 ) .
Through a press release received on Thursday ( 08/29/2013 ) , 3D animation service Mixamo offers online for the game developers . Face Plus on the Unity engine is designed to be able to capture facial expressions using a webcam and apply them in real -time 3D character into the use of the APU and GPU technologies AMD A - Series .
This technology can be realized by combining innovation and complex algorithms of Mixamo is typically charged to the CPU , but now can be processed using GPU technology from AMD . Face Plus was developed for hardware devices supporting OpenCL 1.1 and above.
Face Plus allows the recording of moving images with high frame rates , rich color , even by using a standard webcam to take advantage of APU from AMD . This process can be run optimally on AMD APU and GPU .
A system - 4600M APU AMD A10 can record images up to 42 frames per second with GPU acceleration feature enabled , 13x better than the processing is done only using the CPU alone . By leveraging the computational capabilities of AMD APU and GPU , developers can create 3D character animation in real -time with a much simpler workflow .
With this technology , it is not impossible it can be applied to a video game or video conferencing application for the consumer , allowing the consumer to have their own animated avatar . " AMD impressed with Mixamo success in optimizing the technologies they develop , not only for the developers of Unity , but also for the consumer , " said Manju Hedge , Corporate Vice President , Heterogeneous Solutions at AMD .
" Mixamo is very pleased to be able to help more than two million Unity developers to make the story more real in the movie and the game they developed . By Face Plus , Mixamo enables a mainstream PC systems based on AMD APU equipped with a webcam to capture images and optimal movement , "explains Stefano Coraza , CEO and co - founder of Mixamo .
Furthermore, he said , the company's main mission is to create freedom in developing a 3D character , and in the industrial revolution Face Plus games and movies . "Developers can create more realistic characters , " he concluded .
Let's play face plus! won't wait for playing everyday.
