SIGGRAPH 2023 – Meet our Team + Discover "Morphai", a Motion Capture Performance!
A flagship event in the fields of digital creation, SIGGRAPH celebrates its 50th anniversary this year from August 6 to 10 in Los Angeles! Squeeze will of course be part of this historic edition which promises to be rich in discoveries and innovations with a delegation at the event. In addition to the opportunity to meet and discuss with our experts on site, take advantage of the event to attend the motion capture performance Morphai by artist Yiou Wang, developed in collaboration with Squeeze Mocap and our partner Movella!
Meet the Squeeze team!
Teddy Wong (Chief Technology Officer), David Hurtubise (Mocap Supervisor) and Russell Llyod (HoD CFX-Groom-Crowd-Tech Anim/Check and CG Supervisor) will be on site from August 6 to 10, do not hesitate to contact them on their respective LinkedIn (via the QR codes below) to make an appointment with them.
Our great family of artists and experts is always open to new talents!
They can of course refer you to our recruitment team if you are interested in the Squeeze adventure…
Morphai
Motion capture performance by artist Yiou Wang, in collaboration with Squeeze Mocap and Movella (Xsens)
Presented on Tuesday, August 8, 1pm to 1:20pm (PT), at the SIGGRAPH Experience Hall (West Hall, rooms 150-153)
A premiere!
Premiering at SIGGRAPH 2023 in Los Angeles, Morphai Phase 2 explores the physical and virtual movement of a sleeper through waking and sleeping phases. This performance by multimedia artist and designer Yiou Wang is digitized using mocap technologies.The body’s “choreography” is transmitted to an avatar and projected in real time, like an extension of the sleeper and their consciousness, thus creating a new entity in motion.
How does it work?
The motion capture techniques specific to this performance used by Squeeze Mocap and Movella experts allow fast and live recording iteration of sleep cycles via Xsens technology. A portable module for analyzing the kinematics of movements during sleep, inertial sensors effectively project sleeper's activity into 3D. The recorded sleep motions are then applied with Unreal Engine 5 software to a metahuman.
More about Morphai
Can we choreograph sleep? In the context of cyborg posthumanism and technology-enabled possibilities, the concept of metempsychosis evolves in an ongoing exchange between mythology and technology. This artwork presents interdisciplinary research creation about oneiric mind-body relations through real-time, sensor-based procedural avatar and creative approaches to motion capture in sleep.
By Yiou Wang
Harvard University Graduate School of Design | Mixanthropy Studio, USA
yiouwang.org/portfolio/morphai/
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