Liard joins hands with "Three-Body" to open a new era of science fiction drama in China

Seven years of polishing, one day became a god. Recently, China's largest IP version of science fiction "Three-Body" has finally been launched after seven years. The era of science fiction drama in China has officially begun, and countless science fiction fans have entered carnival mode. The popularity of the drama version of "Three-Body" fully reflects the accelerated development of domestic film and television industrialization and the blue ocean value of science fiction tracks.

Behind the rapid development of China's film and television industry is the leap in the strength of China's technology companies. As a hard science fiction work, the creation of "Three-Body" requires a large number of special effects to complete it. Among them, the three-body game part totals more than 100 minutes. In order to ensure the degree of restoration, this part is all filmed using motion capture + facial capture +CG animation. Liard's virtual moving points provide professional mobile capture technical service support for the "Three-Body".

Virtual reality technology builds a three-body world

In the "Three-Body" book, world civilization mainly relies on three-body games to spread. How to restore what is written in the book 1:1 and create the "Three-Body" game world is the focus of the adaptation of the drama version.

Wearing VR equipment in the play can enter the three-body game. In the three-body game world, each player has his own exclusive image, namely virtual avatar. In order to make the characters in the game more realistic, the game world of "Three-Body" can be better presented and restored, so that the audience can fully feel closer to the game world described in the original work.

Liard's virtual moving points provide professional mobile capture technical service support, using the scanning + mobile capture method to restore the real person's demeanor, body posture and action details 1:1. Motion capture technology is used to capture the movements of the "Three-Body" protagonists in real time, quickly 3D reconstruction of 2D images, accurately identify marker points and calculate and output the centroid data of the marker points. The feedback system drives the virtual avatar in real time through algorithm calculation, ensuring the virtual avatar in the game world Real-time interaction.

"Three-body" starring action capture scene

This drama version of "Three-Body" uses motion capture on a large scale and requires very strict accuracy. This is a technical challenge and a very bold attempt. The self-developed OptiTrack product provided by virtual moving points for this purpose has a spatial position accuracy of less than +/-0.10 mm, a rotation error of less than 0.5 degrees, and a minimum delay of 2.8ms, all of which are at the leading level in the industry. Together with self-developed Motive software, it realizes multi-person motion capture, achieving accurate positioning, fast capture, and anti-occlusion.

Three-body dynamic capture shooting process

Mobile capture technology promotes technological revolution in the film industry

From "Avatar" to "Star Wars","Avengers","The Lion King" to today's "Three-Body", the exploration of virtual dots in the field of film and television has never stopped.

68 OptiTrack motion capture cameras +30 high-altitude Wiya anchors, virtual moving points help "Immortal Xian" complete high-speed sword dancing, baton swinging, character rotation and other action shooting.

If "The Wandering Earth" has opened the door to China science fiction movies, then the performance of the drama version of "Three-Body" deserves to be called the doorkeeper of China science fiction dramas. At present, the prosperity of science fiction tracks is still in the making, but whether it is the change in market attitudes, the expansion of audience fundamentals, or the improvement of creative capabilities in the industry, it all indicates that China science fiction has reached the dawn.

As a leading company focusing on the science fiction and virtual reality industries, Liard's Virtual Spot has never stopped exploring China science fiction films. In the future, Liard will continue to upgrade core research and development technologies, promote the application of virtual reality technology in film production, and use scientific and technological power to promote the vigorous development of China's film industry.