• Japanese-made highly versatile Qumarion mannequin makes animation a lot easier

    • Animating characters in 3D isn’t really a breeze and giving each of these realistic movements that are pleasant to the eye does take a lot of back-breaking labour. Making 3D animation a tad easier, Japan’s University of Tsukuba and the University of Electro-communications has come up with this foot tall mannequin model called the Qumarion. Similar to the usual action figure you’d have propped up in your man-cave, the Qumarion sports 16 joints, 32 sensors and an uncanny ability of capturing a whopping 120 frames per second of movement! The Qumarion can flex, stand, sit, pose and assume a bunch of other positions which are then simultaneously used to animate the character on-screen!
    Japanese highly versatile Qumarion thumb 450x767


    Priced at $850, this one hooks on via USB to a custom illustration and comic production software called Clip Studio developed by Celsys with plug-ins for Maya and 3D Max available too!

    [Cnet]

    Posted in Topics:Far East, on May 26, 2012 by gavril

    Comments

  • Recent Posts

    Air-conditioning cushion from Japan can heat your bottoms dry

    Air-conditioning cushion from Japan can heat your bottoms dry

    Nishikawa Sangyo is a name you may take a while getting familiarized with. However, what will make it a household name is its cool attributes. The air-conditioned cushion will arrive....

    An iPhone application that lets you send smells, Literally

    An iPhone application that lets you send smells, Literally

    I wondered how smartphones could trigger every sense. Here's a day when we have them conque one more sense. The Chaku Perfume Co. Ltd. from Japan has developed a unique....

    Nestle and Takara Tomy develop the frozen coffee maker

    Nestle and Takara Tomy develop the frozen coffee maker

    After the Star Wars edition coffee machine Nestle Japan has announced a first of its kind coffee machine specially designed for the summers. Developed along with toy maker Takara Tomy....

    Megapotato the extra large french fries from McDonalds

    Megapotato the extra large french fries from McDonalds

    According to recent health statistics, 30.6% of the United States population is obese, followed by Mexico and the UK. Japan may have its own problems but obesity is certainly not....

    Limited Edition Eevee Nintendo 3DS XL for Pokemon fans

    Limited Edition Eevee Nintendo 3DS XL for Pokemon fans

    Japanese gamers are get more than their share of exclusive limited edition Nintendo DS handhelds. The recent Pokemon 3DS LL was a sell out in less than 24 hours and....

  • Follow