Image Metrics acquires lip synchronization company FacePro

Image Metrics, which sells computer vision enabled facial animation services and technology, announced that it has acquired FacePro, which makes lip synchronization technology. Image Metrics plans to integrate FacePro's technology for synchronizing lip movements to speech in order to provide a single source facial animation solution for video game developers. According to the press release, "The combined technology solution enables facial animation as low as $12 per second."

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