Mova reveals its work capturing faces for The Incredible Hulk film
Steve Perlman’s motion-capture start-up Mova helped make possible the realistic animated faces in the new “The Incredible Hulk” film that debuted a week ago.
San Francisco-based Mova is owned by Perlman’s Rearden, a holding company that incubates a variety of Perlman-sponsored technology start-ups. Mova makes a tool that does a better job of capturing real faces and converting them into computer images than typical “motion capture” technologies. Perlman described Mova in a wide-ranging interview we did… Continue Reading
An interview with Rearden’s Steve Perlman on investing in R&D
Steve Perlman, the man behind tech incubator Rearden, is a serial entrepreneur with more than 30 years’ experience in the tech industry. He built his first computer from a kit during high school in 1976. He developed graphics at Atari and worked as a principal scientist at Apple, leading the development of a variety of multimedia technologies, including QuickTime. His string of start-ups includes General Magic, Catapult Entertainment, WebTV (sold to Microsoft for more than… Continue Reading