DI4D co-founder Dr. Colin Urquhart also joins Clear Angle

Clear Angle Studios DI4D

Clear Angle Studios has acquired DI4D. 

The 3D and 4D capture and processing business now owns DI4D’s facial imaging and performance capture tech, and will use this to launch a TopoTrack service that provides enhanced mesh tracking and stabilisation for 3D FACS expression sets and 4D performance sequences, and enables the production of high resolution animation from HMC footage. 

In addition, DI4D co-founder Dr. Colin Urquhart has joined Clear Angle Studios as a Strategic Advisor, where he leads product development alongside a specialised team of DI4D engineering and processing experts now integrated into the business. 

Dominic Ridley, co-founder and director of Clear Angle Studios, commented: “For more than ten years, our two companies have run parallel paths at the cutting edge of the industry. The acquisition of this technology represents a seismic merging of specialties, allowing studios to leverage this new service across our entire global infrastructure. We are now even better positioned to equip vendors with the technologies needed to deliver high-fidelity digital performances that carry the full weight of emotion to the screen.”

Dr. Urquhart added: “Clear Angle Studios and DI4D have both demonstrated a long-standing commitment to technical excellence and innovation in 3D and 4D capture. The integration of the DI4D technology has produced significant advantages in the development and delivery of efficient solutions such as TopoTrack. Together we will continue to expand our provision of highly innovative 3D and 4D capture and processing solutions.”