Epic Games acquires 3Lateral
Jan 24, 2019 by CGPress Staff
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Epic Games has announced the acquisition of 3Lateral, a company specialised in developing digital humans technology that worked on the “A Boy and His Kite” animation and the real-time “Siren” and “Digital Andy Serkis” demonstrations. According to the press release, “the 3Lateral team will continue to support all of its partners; and Epic’s new presence in Serbia will serve as a base for recruiting technical and creative talent in the region”. Find our more on Epic’s blog.
WOW that’s some good face animation. Hopefully it’ll actually deliver good results in-game. This isn’t the first time “next generation” face animation has cropped up but it does look promising