3-D Effects Created by Camera System

• A former Apple Computer engineer who previously co-founded WebTV Networks and the set-top box firm Moxi, Mr. Perlman is now putting the finishing touches on Contour, a futuristic camera system that will add photorealistic three-dimensional effects to digital entertainment.

• A futuristic camera system will make it possible to create compellingly realistic synthetic actors by capturing the facial movements of real actors in much greater detail than is currently possible.

• The system could change the nature of cinematography in several ways, according to leading Hollywood producers and technologists who are planning to use the system. For example, it will make it possible to create compellingly realistic synthetic actors by capturing the facial movements of real actors in much greater detail than is currently possible.

• In a darkened garage, digital actors are given a whole new face. Actors must cover themselves with makeup containing phosphorescent powder for the Contour, a system that can create 3-D effects. It will make it possible to create compellingly realistic synthetic actors by capturing the facial movements of real actors in much greater detail.

• 'The Contour system requires actors to cover their faces and clothes with makeup containing phosphorescent powder that is not visible under normal lighting. In a light-sealed room, the actors face two arrays of inexpensive video cameras that are synchronized to simultaneously record their appearance and shape".

"The difference offered by Mr. Perlman’s technology is in the detail. Standard motion-capture systems are generally limited in resolution to several hundred points on a human face, while the Contour system can recreate facial images at a resolution of 200,000 pixels."

• Instead of grabbing points on a face, it will be able to capture the entire skin, allowing filmmakers to transform the appearance of actors in the computer and raising the possibility of a new form of digital video in which the viewer can control the point of view — what is being described in Hollywood as "navigable entertainment."

• "The technology will let filmmakers transform the appearance of actors in the computer, raising the possibility of a new form of digital video in which the viewer can control the point of view — what is being described in Hollywood as “navigable entertainment.”

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