OMOTE: Real-time face tracking and projection mapping

Posted by Justin Cone

Forget the faces of historic monuments, the new frontier of projection mapping is the faces of humans.

Created by Nobumichi Asai and friends, technical details behind the process are scant at the moment. From this Tumblr post, it’s clear that step one is a 3D laser scan of the model’s face.

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And then… you know, eventually you get this:

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Hat tip to David Hobizal.