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Face Plus
Markerless Facial Capture and Animation
WHAT IS FACE PLUS?
Face Plus is a plugin for Unity 4.3 (or later) that allows
developers to create, save and play facial animations for 3D
characters.
Animations are created either in real-time using developers’
off-the-shelf, standard webcams or from a pre-recorded
video imported in Unity 3d.
Learn more on mixamo.com/faceplus
WHERE CAN I GET IT?
Face Plus is part of Mixamo’s All Access offering. All Access
passes can be purchased directly from Mixamo for $1,499
per year, per seat.
Once the purchase is completed, the Face Plus Unity plugin is
delivered through email directly to the user within 1 business
day. Developers can also get their All Access passes directly
from the Unity Asset Store.
In the latter case the Face Plus Unity Plugin is downloaded
and imported once users register their Mixamo account with
their All Access pass during the purchase process.
MIN. REQUIREMENTS
›› Windows 7 operating system
›› 4Gb of RAM
›› Video Card supporting Open CL 1.1 or later versions
Some of the older Intel graphic cards do not support OpenCL and are thus not
compatible with Face Plus but most recent ATI and nVidia graphic cards are
OpenCL compatible/compliant. We recommend keeping video card drivers up
to date. Best performance is achieved using ATI graphics cards.
FEATURES OVERVIEW
1 Animate a 3D character facial rig in real-time using a video
stream coming from a webcam
2 Process a pre-recorded video, previously imported in Unity,
and use it to animate a 3D character facial rig
3 Save animations in .anim format which can be used within
Unity’s Mecanim animation system
4 Choose the frame rate of preloaded input videos
5 Load and play pre-recorded .anim animations
6 Visualize and edit recorded animation curves of the .anim
files using Unity’s Animation Editor
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
When will Face Plus be available?
Face Plus will be released on August 28, 2013.
Which versions of Unity support Face Plus?
To experience the full power of Face Plus thanks to blendshape
technology, Unity 4.3 is required. Using the Face Plus plugin with
Unity 4.2 is possible with a different version of the plugin which
requires a bonedriven facial rig.
How will Face Plus be accessed within the Unity interface?
Users will be able to access the plugin from the Unity interface
by clicking on “Windows” > “Face Plus”. They will then be
prompted with a login screen which, once completed, will
launch Face Plus and provide playback, recording, display and
preferences options.
What is the frame rate expected from Face Plus?
The frame rate of the Face Plus plugin in the real-time recording
mode highly depends on the performance of the video card
hardware.
Is a Mixamo account needed to use Face Plus?
Yes. In order to use Face Plus the user needs to be logged in
using his/her Mixamo account, as prompted at startup.
Which characters can Face Plus be used for?
Face Plus works seamlessly with any character using the same
naming convention as the Mixamo Face Rig, the standard rig for
Mecanim facial animation. Rigs that represents a subset of the
Mixamo Face Rig work, but missing channels won’t be animated.