Facial pickup ...

[ysengrin]

Just posting the link here as the video doesn't really show anything about how they're picking up the facial and eye motion ... mascot head with non-contact facial interface driving servos (eyes and mouth).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Igu1EVEybjQ

Posted at http://www.diginfo.tv/2011/11/14/11-0224-r-en.php and found via http://www.adafruit.com/blog/2011/11/13/cat-mask-synchronized-with-facial-muscle-movements-via-non-contact-interface/

Comments

[ysengrin.livejournal.com]

Yep :)

I'd still lean towards a physical pickup, just because what we want to do is a lot closer to performer's size (and we like using our own eyes). I did screencap the "mask" that they use for pickup, and even as a prototype it seems to need a lot of room, which makes sense.

The real goal is to have a mask that acts like you've got a couple of puppeteers following you around, but it's pulling it all off of the natural expressions of your face underneath. It's getting closer, and without six figures worth of hardware :)