Mimic by Daz, or Magpie Pro by Third Wish Software.

Mimic has a powerful engine for conversion of audio tracks into raw data. It is simple, fast and inexpensive. Although it is limited to 6 main poses, they do an excellent job of delivering a wide range of expressions. The most important feature is that the delivered data is time-accurate, this means your data out of HeadGames will sync up with your audio with no time tweaking by the animator. And this program has about a 30 second learning curve! Mimic runs on Mac and Windows, and a free copy of the Windows version is included with HeadGames for Maya and EIU. The Mac version can be purchased from Daz3d.com.

Magpie which is on both Mac and PC offers the potential of far greater control, but that comes with a much greater effort and learning curve then Mimic. And the animator has to decide if the added control will give better job for its efforts. Magpie has become a standard for speech in the industry, and HeadGames brings it to the EI user.

There are also much higher-end recognition or MoCap solutions out there that generate far more data. These are available as a service if you do not wish to buy the expensive hardware yourself. We are looking into compatability with these systems.

Rotation data for the head and eyes can be imported to your application from HeadGames in various ways including Spline Data, Custom Frame data, or 3dNY's MARS technology.

MARS Technology (Morph As Rotation System) will allow you to bring in rotation Spline data and control a model's head rotations thru your Morph or Blend windows. This means that all facial expressions, lip-synching, head and eye rotations can be controlled thru one window! This is an amazing productivity boost to the character animator! Our MARS Technology will be the preferred method in most cases when you bring in pre-generated rotation data.