TECH
THE ARCHITECTURE OF IMAGINATION
At MIMIC VFX, technology is the engine of creativity. We have built a formidable, state-of-the-art pipeline that empowers our artists to work without limits and bring the most ambitious visions to life. By integrating proprietary AI systems with industry-leading tools, we deliver world-class visual effects with unparalleled quality, efficiency, and creative control.
PROPRIETARY AI & CONVERSATIONAL AVATARS
Our proprietary AI platform is the "mind" inside our photorealistic characters. This technology, developed in collaboration with our sister company Mimic Minds, transforms our ultra-realistic digital humans into fully interactive and conversational AI avatars, capable of real-time communication and intelligent engagement for any application.
ADVANCED CHARACTER & SIMULATION PIPELINE
Our characters are high-fidelity digital actors, sculpted in ZBrush, modeled in Maya, and built for performance. We create anatomically-correct rigs and utilize dynamic simulations for realistic muscle, cloth, and hair. Crucially, we specialize in building performance-ready characters optimized for real-time platforms like Unreal Engine and Unity, as well as for traditional cinematic rendering.
PRODUCTION & RENDERING INFRASTRUCTURE
Our robust production pipeline is designed for the efficiency and scale demanded by major feature films and AAA games. We utilize a suite of industry-leading render engines, including Arnold and V-Ray, alongside Foundry's Nuke for compositing. The entire workflow is managed by ShotGrid to ensure seamless collaboration and on-time delivery.
REALITY CAPTURE: PHOTOGRAMMETRY & LIDAR
Our reality capture process grounds digital creations in the real world. We use custom-built, high-resolution photogrammetry rigs to capture intricate details of faces, props, and costumes, while our Lidar scanning technology builds dimensionally-perfect 3D models of large-scale environments and sets with sub-millimeter accuracy.
PERFORMANCE CAPTURE ECOSYSTEM
Our hybrid performance capture ecosystem seizes every nuance of an actor's performance. We combine Head-Mounted Cameras for expressive facial detail with both optical (OptiTrack) and inertial (Xsens) systems for flexible, high-fidelity body motion capture, ensuring the emotional core of a performance is translated flawlessly to the digital world.
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