We made Doc Ock look real — here’s how

Humans interact with each other every day, and as such, are able to recognize a wide range of complex facial expressions. We constantly analyse and communicate through body language, even if subconsciously. What if we could give a computer that same capability? What if technology could understand an image in the same intrinsic way humans can?

At Cubic Motion, we use computer vision technology to quickly translate human expressions into data and apply the results to almost any medium – from video games to film, VR and holograms. Our work can be seen in God of War, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Spider-Man, and other blockbusters. Put simply, computers can be taught to read and record complex human expressions, ready to instantly reproduce this spectrum of emotion in a digital human.