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New Camera System Creates Sophisticated 3-D Effects

Steve Perlman with the Contour system that could change the nature of cinematography. It is scheduled to be introduced Monday.

A former Apple Computer engineer who previously co-founded WebTV Networks and the set-top box firm Moxi, Mr. Perlman is now putting the finishing touches on Contour, a futuristic camera system that will add photorealistic three-dimensional effects to digital entertainment. The new system will be introduced today at the Siggraph computer graphics conference in Boston, and effects created with it could start appearing as early as next year.

The system could change the nature of cinematography in several ways, according to leading Hollywood producers and technologists who are planning to use the system. For example, it will make it possible to create compellingly realistic synthetic actors by capturing the facial movements of real actors in much greater detail than is currently possible.

By JOHN MARKOFF

Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/31/technology/31motion.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

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