These Apps will work for both Android and iOS and will be similar in style to the group chats showed in our Kickstarter video. Upload: What sort of unique experiences will be possible with Veeso?ĭ’Anna: We are currently working with very renowned gaming studios, developing 3 unique social applications which are designed exclusively for our face-tracking tech.
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The technology runs on an ARM chip with a bluetooth module that allows it to send the tracking data to the device, so that the device can render the points on the 3D model. Veeso is also equipped with an onboard, linux based, battery powered computing module, able to operate both eyes/mouth tracking processes simultaneously, saving up important resources on the phone and allowing for longer VR experiences on the go. Upload: How exactly does the Veeso headset work when it comes to face tracking?ĭ’Anna: Infrared cameras, placed between the user’s eyes, tracks the position of the pupils and eyelids’ openness, allowing Veeso to understand where the user is looking…The same camera is able to track the basic position of the eyebrows, thanks to its very wide angle lens.Ī mouth/jaw infrared camera is pointed to the mouth area and tracks every movement of the mouth with high fidelity. They’ve been around quite some time and have put together exceptional motion-capture results, which you can see in a demo reel below.Upload interviewed the head of this new company, Joseph D’Anna, via email and he provided some insight into how this intriguing device works.
So Apple does have some history with this type of buy, but unfortunately there are no official confirmations just yet.Īs for Faceshift itself, the company was founded in 2011 out of the Computer Graphics and Geometry Laboratory from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne.
And, more recently, Apple acquired PrimeSense, which focuses on real-time 3D motion capture, for upwards of $350 million.
In 2010, the company acquired Polar Rose. It is certainly worth noting that this would not be the first time that Apple has acquired a company focused on a company in the area of facial recognition. The publication also shows that at least two different employees of Faceshift have since updated their LinkedIn profiles, saying, they are both looking “for new opportunities.” (This would seem almost perfect for Google’s Hangouts, which already have a ton of animation/alteration features for video calls.) A future with FaceTime could be an easy consideration for Apple, if not a bit cheesy. Based on the production video, which is available to watch below, it would certainly be interesting to see this technology available to consumers in such a way. Interestingly enough, Faceshift was working on several different consumer-facing new projects, one of which included a plug-in for Microsoft’s Skype to utilize real-time avatars while conducting a video call. It was learned that Apple has shown interest in face-tracking technology in the past, though, so this type of purchase would make sense. While the publication tried to get in touch with individuals who might know what has happened to Faceshift –which has gone completely dark on its social media networks, and on its own page, save for service requests– there was no real information to latch onto. However, Apple has used the services of Baker & McKenzie in the past when dealing with international companies. As the original report notes, there are no direct ties to Apple and Frey. As it stands right now, the trio of original corporate directors have since stepped down as of August 14, and been replaced by acquisitions attorney Martin Frey, as well as Baker & McKenzie mergers. What’s seemingly been confirmed by the Swiss company registry filing is that Faceshift has indeed been purchased. Still, MacRumors was able to put together a compelling case that Apple could have indeed acquired Faceshift. As suggested by a tweet sent out not too long ago, the publication has tried to piece together whether or not the Cupertino-based company has indeed acquired Faceshift or not, but as is usually the case with these types of buys from Apple, there’s not a lot of public information to gather. That may have been the case with the latest company rumored to have been purchased by Apple.Īccording to a report published by MacRumors, Apple has acquired the real-time motion capture company Faceshift recently. And, more often than not, those companies are picked up quietly, with little fanfare at all.
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