Apparatus and method for performing motion capture using a random pattern on capture surfaces
A method is described comprising: applying a random pattern to specified regions of an object; tracking the movement of the random pattern during a motion capture session; and generating motion data representing the movement of the object using the tracked movement of the random pattern.
1. A method comprising:
communicating a digital video stream with at least part of a rendered 3D animated face which includes 3D facial shapes that:
are correlated to a plurality of high resolution 3D facial surface shapes that track the high resolution 3D motion of a performer's face from a first facial performance; and that
correspond to similar facial expressions of a performer's face from a second facial performance.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the digital video stream is a movie that includes computer-generated characters.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
including the rendered 3D animated face in a scene in the digital video stream with other computer-generated characters.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
displaying the digital video stream on a computer display or similar display device.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
capturing each of the first and second facial performances with a different number of cameras.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein a continuous random pattern distribution varying spatially and varying in amplitude is applied to the face of the performer for the first or second facial performance.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein markers are applied to the face of the performer of the first or second facial performance.