Women Are Leading More Animated Features, but the Fight for Industry Equality Isn’t Over

Women executives in leadership positions are pushing animated juggernauts forward. Parity progress is happening, but not fast ...
IEEE

Spatial-Temporal Transformer Network for Human Mocap Data Recovery

Abstract: Human Motion Capture (MoCap) has emerged as the most popular method for human animation production. However, due to joint occlusion, marker shedding, and equipment imprecision, the raw ...
Variety

Ted Sarandos and Guillermo del Toro Unveil Stop-Motion Studio Plans and Weigh In on AI: ‘The Idea that AI will Out-Imagine Things and Humans Is Pretty Unlikely’

Ted Sarandos, left, Guillermo del Toro and Gobelins school director Valérie Moatti Netflix “Frankenstein” director Guillermo del Toro and Netflix boss Ted Sarandos have unveiled plans for a ...
IEEE

A Hybrid Workflow for Animation-Ready Digital Humans with Morph Target Optimization

Abstract: High-fidelity digital humans are increasingly demanded in film, virtual broadcasting, and immersive applications. However, traditional manual modeling is labor-intensive, while purely ...