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High-Quality Capture of Eyes

Check out the research video by Disney which
shows the implementation of 3d scans of human eyes. The dilation of
pupil under different lighting condition is very cool.

Computational Design of Mechanical Characters

heck out this research video on Computational Design of Mechanical Characters by Disney Research Lab.

The trick really lies in the “curves” to generate procedural movement of these mechanical characters or the Animatronix!