Episode 408 - Culley Bunker & Richard Kidd - Prototype

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Digital humans are back on the podcast! This week, Chris is joined by (real humans) Culley Bunker and Richard Kidd, a pair of VFX veterans who have given stars the beauty treatment and worked on dozens of movies. They’re part of the team that formed Prototype, a new company that specializes in creating digital humans, using machine learning to perfect them for cutting-edge projects.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chris, Culley, and Richard discuss the latest in digital humans, including advancements in facial capture, avoiding the uncanny valley, and how digidoubles can be used for everything from entertainment (such as Abba’s</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Voyage</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">show) to personal assistants. It’s still a hugely exciting and innovative field within VFX, and we can’t wait to see what Prototype comes up with.</span></p>