Holotech Studios
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| start-up | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Interactive entertainment |
| Founded 📆 | 2013 |
| Founder 👔 | Dragos Stanculescu |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , Bucharest , Romania |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 20 |
| 🌐 Website | Official website |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Holotech Studios SRL is an Indie 3D computer graphics start-up company, created by a former game development team.[1] Holotech Studios' technology uses real-time character animation process, including 3D modeling to rigging and 3D animation.
Its maiden product is FaceRig.
History
Holotech Studios was founded at the end of 2013 by Dragos Stanculescu and launched an Indiegogo campaign to jump-start their project FaceRig and all its versions. [2] Soon after the fundraising campaign, the software was picked up by famous vlogger Pewdiepie, and following him were others like Jacksepticeye, iHasCupquake, Good Morning Mithical, etc. On May 14th, 2015, Holotech Studios announced the change of the tracking technology with one from ULSee Inc., a Taiwan computer vision company.[3]
Products
Holotech Studios' software allows anyone to become real time computer-generated characters via motion capture from a motion sensor or via direct puppeteering controls. [4] You can also use it to stream live on Skype, Hangouts, Chatroulette, Facebook.
The products developed by Holotech Studios are:
- FaceRig Classic with webcam based tracking for home use launched on the Steam digital distribution service on 7th of July 2015. Prior to this, it was available as a Beta via the Steam Early Access program starting with August 29, 2014. It has packs of free licensed characters like Octodad, Team Fortress, DreadOut, Live2D. [5] This version has the option to add hand tracking from the infrared camera from Leap Motion.
- FaceRig Pro is a DLC for FaceRig classic. It doesn't offer new features; it is designed for people who make significant ad-based revenue off their videos on Youtube or Twitch.[6]
- FaceRig Studio for commercial use was released in 2016.[7] This version has the option to add full-body mocap if associated with a Perception Neuron mocap suit.
- FaceRig for iOS and Android is a Freemium version. It comes with 4 free avatars, masks, and backgrounds. The user has to play each day to get avatars or buy them with money.[8] [9] FaceRig on mobile has over 2 million users.
- FACE is an international social VR project with mouth and eye tracking, on which Holotech Studios collaborated alongside 360ch, BinaryVR, and FOVE.[12]
References
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- ↑ Griffits, Sarrah. "Developed by five ex-game developers in Bucharest, Romania, the program will be able to be used with Skype or any other webcam service". dailymail.co.uk.
- ↑ Chua, Hazel. "Think of FaceRig as literally allowing you to take on a different role onscreen". ohgizmo.com.
- ↑ Steam announcement [1] steam.com, Retrieved July 2017
- ↑ Plunkett, Luke. "Turn Your Human Face Into A Video Game Character". kotaku.com.
- ↑ Corriea, Alexa Ray. "This facial recognition software lets you be Octodad". polygon.com.
- ↑ Official website [2] facerig.com, Retrieved July 2017
- ↑ Official website [3] facerig.com, Retrieved July 2017
- ↑ "FaceRig, a brand new mobile app that lets you take on the role of a vast variety of digital characters no matter where you are". pocketgamer.co.uk.
- ↑ "you should definitely try FaceRig, an application that allows you to embody digital characters while on the go". phonearena.com.
- ↑ "take video chat into the third dimension with all-new Avatar Chat". oovoo.com.
- ↑ "Amuse your friends, family and co-workers by using it with Skype, Hangouts and other video conferencing apps". software.intel.com.
- ↑ Singletary, Charles. "FACE is another step toward us interacting naturally with people that are thousands of miles away from us". uploadvr.com.
External links
- Facerig.com, Official website
- Facerig.us, Community Forum
- Holotech Studios on IndieGoGo
- Holotech Studios on Techcrunch
- Holotech Studios BBC Interview
- Holotech Studios TV Interview
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