Digimask is an avatar

Avatar (virtual reality)

In computing, an avatar is the graphical representation of the user or the user's alter ego or character. It may take either a three-dimensional form, as in games or virtual worlds, or a two-dimensional form as an icon in Internet forums and other online communities. It can also refer to a text...

 technology that allows a user to input a front

Portrait photography

Portrait photography or portraiture is the capture by means of photography of the likeness of a person or a small group of people , in which the face and expression is predominant. The objective is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the subject...

 and (optional) side digital photo

Digital photography

Digital photography is a form of photography that uses an array of light sensitive sensors to capture the image focused by the lens, as opposed to an exposure on light sensitive film...

 of their head which then automatically creates a fully articulated 3D model of that head. This 3D model can then be used in digital applications such as computer and video games

Computer and video games

A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. The word video in video game traditionally referred to a raster display device, but following popularization of the term "video game", it now implies any type of...

 and mobile phone

Mobile phone

A mobile phone is a device which can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area. It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile network operator...

s. Digimask technology is the core of the EyeToy: Cameo system for the PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...

 video game console.

In 2001, Digimask was nominated for a BAFTA for Technical Innovation.

At E3 2006 it was announced that Digimask face-mapping technology would be available using the Xbox Live Vision Camera

Xbox Live Vision Camera

-Compatible games:In-game video support*American Idol Encore*American Idol Encore 2*Band of Bugs*Bankshot Billiards 2*Battlezone*Bomberman Live*Burnout Paradise - Photo taken after takedown occurs...

 and featured in the Xbox 360 titles World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions

World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions

World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions is a video game based on the popular gambling tournament World Series of Poker. It's available for multiple systems: Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Wii, PlayStation Portable and PC...

and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas is the fifth game in the Rainbow Six series of video games. It was released for the Xbox 360 on November 21, 2006 and Windows on December 12, 2006. The PlayStation Portable version was released on June 12, 2007, while the PlayStation 3 version was released on June...

.

Playstation3 (PlayStation Eye

PlayStation Eye

The PlayStation Eye is a digital camera device, similar to a webcam, for the PlayStation 3. The technology uses computer vision and gesture recognition to process images taken by the camera. This allows players to interact with games using motion and color detection as well as sound through its...

)

• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
  Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
  Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 is the sixth installment in the Rainbow Six series. It is a first person shooter video game and the sequel to Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas. It was announced by Ubisoft on November 20, 2007...
  
  - (2008), Ubisoft

Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Vision)

• FaceBreaker
  FaceBreaker
  FaceBreaker is a fighting game created by Fight Night developers, EA Canada. It was released for the PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 and was announced on January 30, 2008 by 1UP.com. The game was released on September 4, 2008...
  
  - (2008), EA Sports
• Football Manager 2007
  Football Manager 2007
  Football Manager 2007 is the third game in the Football Manager series of football management simulation games by Sports Interactive, published by SEGA...
  
  - (2006), Sega
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
  Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
  Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 is an association football video game in the Pro Evolution Soccer series by Konami. The game was officially announced on 18 June 2007...
  
  - (2007), Konami
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
  Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
  Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 is a football video game in the Pro Evolution Soccer series, which was made by Konami...
  
  - (2008), Konami
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas
  Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas
  Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas is the fifth game in the Rainbow Six series of video games. It was released for the Xbox 360 on November 21, 2006 and Windows on December 12, 2006. The PlayStation Portable version was released on June 12, 2007, while the PlayStation 3 version was released on June...
  
  - (2006), Ubisoft
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
  Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
  Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 is the sixth installment in the Rainbow Six series. It is a first person shooter video game and the sequel to Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas. It was announced by Ubisoft on November 20, 2007...
  
  - (2008), Ubisoft
• World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions
  World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions
  World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions is a video game based on the popular gambling tournament World Series of Poker. It's available for multiple systems: Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Wii, PlayStation Portable and PC...
  
  - (2006), Left Field
  Left Field Productions
  Left Field Productions is an independent video game development studio located in Ventura, California, USA. Founded in 1994 by industry veterans John Brandwood, Jeff Godfrey and Mike Lamb, Left Field is probably best known for their time spent as a Nintendo third-party developer, during which they...
  
  , Activision
• World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets
  World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets
  World Series of Poker 2008: Battle for the Bracelets is a video game based on the popular gambling tournament World Series of Poker. It is the sequel to World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions and is available for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS...
  
  - (2008), Left Field
  Left Field Productions
  Left Field Productions is an independent video game development studio located in Ventura, California, USA. Founded in 1994 by industry veterans John Brandwood, Jeff Godfrey and Mike Lamb, Left Field is probably best known for their time spent as a Nintendo third-party developer, during which they...
  
  , Activision

PlayStation 2 (EyeToy

EyeToy

The EyeToy is a color digital camera device, similar to a webcam, for the PlayStation 2. The technology uses computer vision and Gesture recognition to process images taken by the camera...

 Cameo)

EyeToy

EyeToy

The EyeToy is a color digital camera device, similar to a webcam, for the PlayStation 2. The technology uses computer vision and Gesture recognition to process images taken by the camera...

 Cameo was developed jointly by SCEE and Digimask.

• Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol
  Karaoke Revolution
  Karaoke Revolution and its many sequels are video games for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, Xbox, and Xbox 360, developed by Harmonix Music Systems and Blitz Games and published by Konami in its Bemani line of music games. The Original Concept for Karaoke Revolution was...
  
  - (2007), Blitz Games
  Blitz Games
  Blitz Games is a division of Blitz Games Studios and is responsible for producing its family titles, which are often licensed games based on well known IP. It is located in Warwickshire, England...
  
  , Konami
  Konami
  is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...
  
  
• Karaoke Revolution Country
  Karaoke Revolution
  Karaoke Revolution and its many sequels are video games for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, Xbox, and Xbox 360, developed by Harmonix Music Systems and Blitz Games and published by Konami in its Bemani line of music games. The Original Concept for Karaoke Revolution was...
  
  - (2006), Harmonix Music
  Harmonix Music Systems
  Harmonix Music Systems is an American video game development company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States...
  
  , Konami
  Konami
  is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...
  
  
• AFL Premiership 2006 (aka Gaelic Games: Football
  Gaelic Games: Football
  Gaelic Games: Football is a video game developed by IR Gurus and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game was released on November 11, 2005. It is based on the NFL and was developed by an Australian company that made the AFL video game series...
  
  ) - IR Gurus
  IR Gurus
  Transmission Games was an Australian game development company, specialising in sports and action games. Originally, Transmission Games was established as IR Gurus Pty Ltd in 1996 by Craig Laughton, Andrew Niere, and Ian Cunliffe with the motto "Game Play is Everything"...
  
  , SCEE
  SCEE
  SCEE can refer to:*Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, a subsidiary of Sony*School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, a constituent college of the National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan...
  
  
• Karaoke Revolution Party
  Karaoke Revolution
  Karaoke Revolution and its many sequels are video games for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, Xbox, and Xbox 360, developed by Harmonix Music Systems and Blitz Games and published by Konami in its Bemani line of music games. The Original Concept for Karaoke Revolution was...
  
  - (2005), Harmonix Music
  Harmonix Music Systems
  Harmonix Music Systems is an American video game development company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States...
  
  , Konami
  Konami
  is a Japanese leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines, arcade cabinets and video games...
  
  
• This is Football 2005
  This Is Football
  This Is Football is a football video game series of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe by London Studio. It first appeared on the PlayStation in 1999. Subsequent installments have appeared for the PlayStation 2 and PSP, the most recent being This Is Football 2005...
  
  (aka World Tour Soccer 2006) - SCEE
  SCEE
  SCEE can refer to:*Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, a subsidiary of Sony*School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, a constituent college of the National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan...
  
  
• Formula One 05 - (2005), SCEE
  SCEE
  SCEE can refer to:*Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, a subsidiary of Sony*School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, a constituent college of the National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan...
  
  
• EyeToy: Play 2
  EyeToy: Play 2
  EyeToy: Play 2 is the second PlayStation 2 game in the EyeToy: Play series. It uses EyeToy camera technology to project the player on to the television screen, allowing them to interact with on screen objects. The game contains twelve new minigames, that allow for single or multi-player modes...
  
  - (2004), SCEE
  SCEE
  SCEE can refer to:*Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, a subsidiary of Sony*School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, a constituent college of the National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan...
  
  
• F1 Career Challenge
  EA Sports F1 Series
  The EA Sports F1 Series consists of five racing simulation games based on Formula One motorsport. The games were released annually between 2000 and 2003, stopped selling, then continued in 2006...
  
  - (2003), EA
  Electronic Arts
  Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers...
  
  
• World Rally Championship 3 (2003), Evolution, SCEE
  SCEE
  SCEE can refer to:*Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, a subsidiary of Sony*School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, a constituent college of the National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan...
  
  
• MLB 07 The Show

External links

• http://www.digimask.com, Digimask official website
• http://interviews.teamxbox.com/xbox/1627/Digimask-Technology-Interview/p1/, Digimask Technology Interview