New Scientist Features ICT’s Digital Ira Collaboration with Activision

New Scientist featured research by Paul Debevec and colleagues on how to simulate light reflecting off the human skin. Their digital rendering software creates super realistic 3D models, including simulating light penetrating skin to varying depths and scattering before being reflected. The story mentioned the Digital Ira project, a collaboration between computer gaming publisher Activision and ICT to develop software that can generate photorealistic digital actors on gaming consoles. The story was also covered by Gizmodo.