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2 8 a u g u s t 0 2 : First Sightings of Virtual Clones in London
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UK games developers will get their first chance to see samples
from VIRTUAL CLONES™ first ever catalog of pixel perfect digital
characters at ECTS, the Game Developers Conference Europe,
held at Earls Court London, Thursday 29th to Saturday 31st August.
VIRTUAL CLONES™ delivers the most realistic lifelike characters
ever seen in a game environment characters by using ultra-high
resolution 3D scans of real people.
The Scottish start-up company stunned everyone at SIGGRAPH last
month with the eerie fidelity and unbelievable detail of their
virtual character models. The company has had enquiries from
several key industry players since returning from Texas and is
looking forward to recruiting more European based licensees.
Founder Colin Urquhart said " VIRTUAL CLONES™ first ever catalog
of virtual characters will enable developers to populate their
games with hundreds of fantastically detailed characters. This
will not only significantly reduce the time and cost of developing
the next generation of games but will also provide a much more
realistic and personalized gaming experience."
VIRTUAL CLONES™ will be exhibiting in the Developers Pavilion,
Booth 1820, at ECTS, Earls Court, London, 29th to 31st August 2002.
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1 9 j u l y 0 2 : Unveiling Revolutionary Virtual Character Creation Technology
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Virtual human characters that are indistinguishable from real life people take a step closer to reality with
revolutionary technology being launched this week. The technology, developed by VIRTUAL CLONES™,
will be unveiled at SIGGRAPH 2002, the annual gathering of the international computer graphics
community being held in San Antonio, Texas.
The technology:
The revolutionary technology creates highly detailed and life-like virtual character models of real life people
that are ready to be dropped directly into existing 3D modeling and animation software packages, enabling
the next generation of Lara Crofts, Ananovas and Dr Aki Rosses for the computer games, internet, film and
advertising markets. VIRTUAL CLONES™ solution addresses the problems traditionally associated with
3D scanning by combining instantaneous, extremely high resolution, 3D capture with proprietary semi-automatic
re-meshing software.
Meeting industry needs:
The entertainment industry is demanding ever more detailed and realistic virtual characters. As a result, it is
becoming increasingly difficult and expensive to produce them. 3D scanning of real life people has long
been seen by the industry as a potential solution for creating highly realistic virtual characters, however, the
inadequacies of 3D scanning technology have, until now, prevented its widespread use.
Dr Colin Urquhart, the founder of VIRTUAL CLONES™, explains: "VIRTUAL CLONES™ has the potential
to revolutionize the interactive entertainment industry. Our technology makes it possible to create the most
realistic virtual characters of real life people ever seen. And we can do it more quickly, conveniently and
cost effectively than ever before".
VIRTUAL CLONES™ will be at Booth 6090, SIGGRAPH 2002, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San
Antonio, Texas.
The VIRTUAL CLONES™ website contains details of this exciting advancement for the entertainment
industry. http://www.virtualclones.com.
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