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VOCALOID Bandai Namco shows off real time animation system with Mirai Komachi

uncreepy

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This is really cool! Great find. The only issue it seemed to have that I noticed was the cartwheel (hands not touching the ground).
 

BenHo

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Yeah, the cartwheel is the only part where there's any noticeable issues, which is pretty impressive considering that mocap usually has way more issues (even when it's NOT real-time). I'll have to keep my eye on banacast to see what they come up with in the future.
 

uncreepy

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I don't think this is the last of Mirai that we're gonna see. They even updated her website (yet again!) for the New Year.

On her site, there's a mention of her 3D model:
  • 3Dモデルデータ
    3D model data
    公開にむけて準備中です。もう少々お待ちください。
    Currently preparing for the public. Please wait a while longer.
What if they give people her 3D model to use in VR?

I wonder if we should start a thread to track her activities/news...? They've been using her in more tech demos, surely she'll get to start proper idol activities in the near future, right?
 

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Today I found another article but this was about a demo Namco did a few months earlier (in Sept. 18) and it included a few videos of the system at work from where the mo cap artist is バンダイナムコが見せたキャラクターライブ技術「BanaCAST」とその裏側、能登有沙さんの実演も【CEDEC2018】

Another japanese article about that september/august conference 【CEDEC 2018】BanaCASTが提供するCGキャラクターライブを支えるモーションキャプチャー技術を公開…『IDOLM@STER』大型ライブイベントの演出にも採用 | Social Game Info

Famitsu article from the september/august event 『アイマス』やEGOISTなど、キャラクターライブで重要なのは、優れたエンジニア、知識、経験、そして設営時間!【CEDEC2018】 - ファミ通.com

I spotted a video from that event on YouTube



The korean article that accompanied that video http://www.inven.co.kr/webzine/news/?news=205894&iskin=webzine

A quick english article about the december event Namco attended Behind the Scenes at SIGGRAPH Asia's REAL TIME LIVE

Bandai Namco's english investment page talked a bit about how their Banacast system was used in Idolmaster and Egoist concerts Hajime Nakatani|Interviews|IR Information|BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc.
 
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It was announced today that Mirai will be doing a live DJ concert in a game using this mocap tech

(english details at the bottom of the page in a pdf)
 
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