Abstract: Audio-driven 3D facial animation is crucial for enhancing the metaverse's realism, immersion, and interactivity. While most existing methods focus on generating highly realistic and lively ...

A lifelong Manchester City fan stands in front of a 3D virtual avatar of the team’s star player, Erling Haaland, at an EA Sports FC prelaunch event. Towering and lifelike, the avatar’s every grin, ...

Since its debut in 1989, The Simpsons has remained one of television’s most influential and enduring comedies. Created by Matt Groening, the satirical look at suburban America has aired over 750 ...

Abstract: 3D Facial animations, crucial to augmented and mixed reality digital media, have evolved from mere aesthetic elements to potent storytelling media. Despite considerable progress in facial ...

Mappa’s upcoming Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc masterfully blends 2D and 3D art, echoing Ufotable’s Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle by pairing 3D environments with 2D character models. At New York ...

Tencent is raising the bar for AI-generated 3D modeling with Hunyuan 3D 3.0, its most advanced system yet. With triple the accuracy of its predecessor and voxel counts reaching 3.6 billion, it offers ...

Lego's highly detailed recreation of Gotham City's skyline is on sale at Walmart as part of the retailer's huge Lego sale dubbed Bricktember. The month-long event includes a bunch of exclusive Lego ...

The animated classic The Land Before Time (1988), directed by Don Bluth and executive produced by Steven Spielberg (Jurassic Park) and George Lucas (Star Wars), is getting a reboot of sorts from ...

But it’s not just filmmakers driving this shift. Indie game developers want to prototype characters and worlds in hours, not weeks. TikTok and social media creators are looking to animate original ...