Codemaster have just reveal to us that Image Metrics, the leading provider of facial animation solutions to the entertainment industry, is creating facial animation for key characters appearing in the cut scenes of Codemasters’ Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising. 

Image Metrics who have previously worked with such names as Rockstar Games, Activision and EA, will develop 57 shots for Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising, totalling 262 seconds of animation in about one month. The rapid delivery from start of production to final animation is a result of Image Metrics’ efficient, automated performance-driven facial animation solution. Without markers or makeup, the solution captures an actor’s entire facial performance, analyzes it pixel-by-pixel, and then transfers it onto the computer generated (CG) character model. The facial nuances, subtleties and details the technology captures perfectly replicate the actor’s performance while helping studios like Codemasters cost-effectively achieve new heights in storytelling.>>

>Check out the image below to discover the level of detail you can expect from Image Metrics>>.>