Quantic Dream’s virtual actor real-time “tech demo” for the PS3, shown at E3 this year. It’s also a Bitfilm Festival nominee in the machinima category.

They’re using an optical motion capture system from Vicon, a version of which has appeared at SIGGRAPH in the past. The actress, Aurelie Brancilhon, apparently has the distinction of being the “first woman crying in real time 3D.” (Thanks, Worth Playing.) The demo is a veritable smorgasbord of next-gen tech, bringing together full body and facial motion capture, real time tears and face wrinkles, pupil dilation, hair with physics, depth of field… the list goes on.

It’s an astounding achievement for real time animation. (WARNING: Video is NSFW; contains adult language.)

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