Behind the Boobs - A different mocap! (Patreon)

We're revolutionizing up how we're animating here at the Grove!

After proving the viability of full body mocap, I decided to look into its expressive sister - facial mocap. Luckily that side of things is actually far more integrated into Daz Studio, it just required more purchases (sigh) and a bit of experimentation.

Now, some software (and a very cheap second hand iPhone) later, we've got a full face mocap rig! To temper expectations know we're still working with the same daz studio models and much like the body suit, it's consumer grade, so don't expect Gollum level facial movements, but it's definitely providing some solid building blocks. The example above is the raw capture footage, so obviously the eyes and such need smoothing, but it's a great starting point, particularly for speaking.

As I type Lady Grove is working to express out the voice lines we have for the latest animation, and it's coming along quite well.

You can see from the gif a running example of the raw face data going into the model, and can also see here one of the first clips of it working in tandem with the body suit capture.

Upgrades!