Geppetto Specifications

Integration into Real-Time Applications

Geppetto technology is available in object and source code libraries that can be integrated into games, Web based 3D live performances or other applications. And, straight-forward licensing and custom service agreements makes this hassle free.

Virtual Celebrity Productions and QuantumWorks integrated Geppetto technology into a new "vision feedback animation system" introduced in the following paper: Takács Barnabas, Thomas Fromherz, Dimitris Metaxas, Steve E. Tice, "Digital Clones and Virtual Celebrities: Facial Tracking, Gesture Recognition and Animation for the Movie Industry", ICCV'99, 1999. ICCV99.pdf (~600K)

Additional Features

Superior lip sync, facial control and overall expressiveness.
Real-time gesture recognition.
Real-time deformation of surfaces mapped with quadratic textures- exaggerated input controlled deformations supported.
Recorder stores animation as function curves.
Recorder supports layering with Real-Time mixing Off-line control input channel mapping.
Support for a variety of input devices.
Output data: Alias ShapeShifter files, AVI image files, 3D dynamic deforming databases, 3D function curves, MIDI sound events and .WAV sound files.

Geppetto System Specifications

Rendering Speed Renders 15,000 textured polygon characters at 30 fps or more optimized for nVidia line of graphics adapters

Viewpoint Output 640 x 480 to 1600 x 1200 resolution available with nVidia line of graphics adapters.

Operating Systems Windows 2000 and Windows NT

Recommended CPU 266 MHz Pentium II minimum

Graphics Adapter/3D Renderer
nVidia line of graphics adapters, QWC proprietary and OpenGL

Face tracker Motion Analysis Corporation

6 DOF Positioner Digital Image Design Monkey Arm, Trackball, Logitech Magellan, Shooting Star Arm

Other Input Devices Ascension, Polhemus, Vicon, Motion Analysis, body trackers; 16 Slider MIDI controller, MIDI devices, Game Pedals and Joysticks, 5DT Glove.

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Rendering Speed	Renders 15,000 textured polygon characters at 30 fps or more optimized for nVidia line of graphics adapters
Viewpoint Output	640 x 480 to 1600 x 1200 resolution available with nVidia line of graphics adapters.
Operating Systems	Windows 2000 and Windows NT
Recommended CPU	266 MHz Pentium II minimum
Graphics Adapter/3D Renderer	nVidia line of graphics adapters, QWC proprietary and OpenGL
Face tracker	Motion Analysis Corporation
6 DOF Positioner	Digital Image Design Monkey Arm, Trackball, Logitech Magellan, Shooting Star Arm
Other Input Devices	Ascension, Polhemus, Vicon, Motion Analysis, body trackers; 16 Slider MIDI controller, MIDI devices, Game Pedals and Joysticks, 5DT Glove.