Santa Monica, California-based Faceware Technologies Inc. (FTI), which spun off from Image Metrics in 2012, is dedicated to meeting the needs of professional animators in the video game, film, television, and commercial industries.

The Faceware Professional Product Line consists of the Faceware Head-Mounted Camera System (HMCS), the 5th generation facial performance capture hardware for capturing hyper-accurate facial reference; Faceware Analyzer, which allows clients to analyse and process their own videos without IP or content going offsite; and Faceware Retargeter, a Autodesk Plug-In which allows users to create facial animation at a much faster rate than traditional methods with the aid of an industry gold standard pose-driven workflow.

The company’s Faceware product line has been utilised in the production of more than 70 AAA video game titles, feature films, music videos, and stage plays, and is the leading facial animation solution provider for clients such as Double Negative, Digital Domain, Blur Studios, Activision-Blizzard, Rockstar Games, Microsoft, 2K Sports, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Sega, Sony, Bethesda, Motion Theory and Moving Picture Company.