Presentation / Installation


I Wanna Dance With Somebody: Generating Authentic Crowds With Volumetric Video
SessionCrowded House: Advances in Crowd Simulation
DescriptionAt the center of the Whitney Houston biopic "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" are performances with crowds upwards of 70,000 people, taking place over a period of 40 years. This talk explores a collaborative new process using volumetric video capture for generating authentic crowds, with each extra captured in 3D.
Contributors
Callum Macmillan
Dimension Studio
Brian Drewes
ZERO VFX
Don Libby
ZERO VFX
Eric Robertson
ReDefine
Event Type
Talk
TimeMonday, 7 August 202310:45am - 11:27am PDT
LocationRoom 515 B
Session TimeMonday, 7 August 202310:45am - 12:15pm PDT
LocationRoom 515 B
Interest Areas
New Technologies
Production & Animation
Recordings
Livestreamed
Recorded
Keywords
Animation/Simulation
Augmented Reality
Capture/Scanning
Rendering
Video
Virtual Reality
Registration Categories
FC
FCS
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VS
EFC
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