visage|SDK™ integrates a comprehensive range of character animation and computer vision technologies in an easy-to-use, fully documented Software Development Kit to support a wide area of applications.
Virtual Characters
Human-like or cartoon-like virtual characters (avatars) are essential in games, virtual worlds and computer animation. They are being deployed as virtual assistants, salespersons, newscasters, teachers or hosts in various products and services including web, mobile and other electronic devices. Numerous products and services can benefit from integrating virtual characters, yet they are complex to develop. visage|SDK™ makes it much easier to integrate virtual characters into virtually any product or service. With this purpose, it offers a comprehensive set of core features, plus a choice of techniques to drive the character animation:
- visual speech synthesis from plain text (Visual TTS) [READ MORE];
- lip sync from recorded speech or microphone [READ MORE];
- facial feature tracking in recorded or live video (motion capture) [READ MORE].
Computer Vision applied to human face
visage|SDK™ VISION packages offer a range of technologies to find and track the human face and its features (mouth, eyes, eyebrows, nose...) in still images or video. In visage|SDK™ these techniques can directly be used to drive the face animation of the virtual character in real time, or they can be used for applications such as Augmented Reality (Magic Mirror - virtual eyewear, headwear etc.), view-dependent rendering, view control in gaming, person tracking, facial expression analysis etc. [READ MORE]
Modular design based on MPEG-4 International Standard
visage|SDK™ is built upon the MPEG-4 Face and Body Animation (MPEG-4 FBA) International Standard. The use of MPEG-4 FBA parameters in all modules enables sharing and reusing of character animation accross platforms, applications and face/body models and easier integration with other products.
Licensing
visage|SDK™ is licensed under three basic license types. Redistribution License allows to develop a software application and distribute it. Web license is intedned for Web applications. The Standalone License is intended for development, prototyping, demonstration and distribution on a limited number of computers.
While visage|SDK™ integrates a very wide range of technologies, they are available in separately licensed packages to ensure maximal licensing flexibility to our clients:
PACKAGE |
DESCRIPTION |
| VTTS | Visual text-to-speech [READ MORE] |
| LIPSYNC | Real time automatic lip sync [READ MORE] |
| VISION-D | Facial feature detection in still images [READ MORE] |
| VISION-T | Head- and facial features tracking in video (motion capture) [READ MORE] |
| Core Features | MPEG-4 Face and Body Animation, tools etc. [READ MORE] |
Speed up your development
visage|SDK™ is delivered with extensive and very detailed documentation, example projects with documented source code, tools and ready-to-use virtual characters, animations and other sample files - everything needed to give you a quick start with your project.
Furthermore, Visage Technologies' consulting and custom development services are available to speed up your development and/or customize the existing technologies to your specific needs.
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