

Apple is staying mum on the subject, however, as are former employees. While Frey does not appear to have prior connections to Apple, the Cupertino company has been known to conduct legal operations through Baker & McKenzie.įurther, key employees like, a veteran in the computer graphics industry, and are seemingly no longer with the company, as seen in their respective LInkedIn bios. Citing a Swiss company registry from August, MacRumors notes Faceshift was by an outside company, with three corporate directors replaced by Baker & McKenzie attorney Martin Frey. Various consumer iterations were in development, including a Skype plugin for real-time animated chats. The company's previous offerings included Faceshift Studio, a piece of software that featured animation plugins for Maya and Unity. Unlike traditional motion capture technology, which uses stick-on markers as reference points to track facial expressions, solution relies on powerful facial recognition software and 3D sensors to drive animations.
