Motion capture… without all the markers

I suppose with better facial recognition, and better motion capture, this was inevitable soon.

This looks stunning! None of the little marker dots needed all over the face. I can already think of some pretty sweet real-world applications to this kind of technology that could be a lot of fun. Can you imagine what this could to for gaming?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiMxKxJWHjU

Steve Carell visits Pawn Stars

Staged? Of course it is!

But it’s still awesome. The guy that played the branch regional manager on the fake reality show, visits a REAL fake reality show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_QMlTu2Q-0