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New hands-on event to explore the technology behind Avatar.
James Cameron's Avatar will soon be moving from the screen to the exhibition halls of New Jersey's Liberty Science Center to debut Avatar: The Exhibition.
The official announcement says the event will explore the creation of the film's mythical Pandora "as well as three emerging technologies that contributed to Avatar's stunning realism: performance capture (advanced motion capture), the virtual camera, and the Simulcam."
Said James Cameron of the exhibition, "The exhibition will be a unique opportunity for people to learn more not only about how the film was made, but also experience Pandora in a much deeper way. Fans will be able to see in-person the workmanship behind the film, whether it's how scenes are captured, or how a Na'vi costume was built first as a real-world garment then produced digitally."
Hands-on exhibits invites visitors to:
Jump into the film via the Motion-Capture Stage
See themselves rendered as animated Avatars at the Performance Capture Interactive
Direct a scene using a hand-held monitor similar to Cameron's virtual camera system
Listen to and learn the Na'vi language
Develop a new type of plant using the same design process used by the filmmakers
Experiment with sound to set the mood of a scene in the film
View elaborate displays of artifacts and props such as the actual AMP (Armored Mobility Platform) suit used in combat scenes, soldier uniforms, and the original hand-made models of the Na'vi characters
Avatar: The Exhibit opens to the public starting February 16 and runs through May 19.
James Cameron's Avatar will soon be moving from the screen to the exhibition halls of New Jersey's Liberty Science Center to debut Avatar: The Exhibition.
The official announcement says the event will explore the creation of the film's mythical Pandora "as well as three emerging technologies that contributed to Avatar's stunning realism: performance capture (advanced motion capture), the virtual camera, and the Simulcam."
Said James Cameron of the exhibition, "The exhibition will be a unique opportunity for people to learn more not only about how the film was made, but also experience Pandora in a much deeper way. Fans will be able to see in-person the workmanship behind the film, whether it's how scenes are captured, or how a Na'vi costume was built first as a real-world garment then produced digitally."
Hands-on exhibits invites visitors to:
Jump into the film via the Motion-Capture Stage
See themselves rendered as animated Avatars at the Performance Capture Interactive
Direct a scene using a hand-held monitor similar to Cameron's virtual camera system
Listen to and learn the Na'vi language
Develop a new type of plant using the same design process used by the filmmakers
Experiment with sound to set the mood of a scene in the film
View elaborate displays of artifacts and props such as the actual AMP (Armored Mobility Platform) suit used in combat scenes, soldier uniforms, and the original hand-made models of the Na'vi characters
Avatar: The Exhibit opens to the public starting February 16 and runs through May 19.
