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From Argos to Eros resources

SOFTWARE
Unreal Engine
Character Generation - Mixamo, Daz3D, Reallusion Character Creator
Motion Capture/editing - Motionbuilder, Reallusion iClone
3D Modelling - Blender, Maya, 3D Studio Max
Clothing - Marvellous Designer
Video Editing - Premiere Pro, After Effects
Viseme Editing - Papagayo

HARDWARE
iPhone X (or more recent with depth camera)
Oculus Quest 2
Vive (for tracking)

VIDEOS USED/REFERRED TO/OF INTEREST
Who You Think We Are (show tape) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AStcX6J4gIw
Agamemnon (Paris - rehearsal excerpts) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPNnbKZfcXc
Agamemnon (Paris - show) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vtvOMHrkWI
Agamemnon (Warwick - avatar overview) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6seLO25RvSA
Agamemnon (Warwick - screengrabs from digital track) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b35yMeCybh8
Agamemnon (Warwick - show) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7ZmiCo7FtE
Agamemnon (Athens - Trailer) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlmQBcKuJOA
Agamemnon (Athens - Cassandra Pre-vis) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rjgJB7-bks
Agamemnon (Athens - show) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWMXdAmPJFA
360 video (Student production) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X2hmLuFyQ0
Oculus Quest Guardian - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQQJu1WV4_A
Setting up Oculus Quest on a Mac - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmAH8-R4psE
Sonnets (First test) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDC7O-X_yYs
Sonnets (walkthrough) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjKEMlJWK7M
Historiography Trailer 2020 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n54uzJZaJ-Q
Politics and Performance Trailer 2020 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tqn4aCqFjE
TPS in Numbers Promo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9bTEuHx9xc
Shake Hands - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shGFuqKqGaA
Play (Dir.Anthony Minghella) - https://vimeo.com/28766126
iClone Acculips Test: Neruda - I want you to know one thing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtQV7h-u2k4
Metahuman Test: Longfellow - A Psalm of Life - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M9HparW1ZU

Avatar Staging - Georges Gagneré - http://www.avatarstaging.eu/tiki-index.php?page=public-welcome

Argos toEros


STARTING UNREAL


This 90 minute video covers
1. Install Unreal
2. Get music, character and scene
3. Animate a character
4. Film the scene
5. Export to video

The example creates a 2 minute dance video in a salmon canning factory but other possibilities exist!