L.A. Noire's Groundbreaking Performance Capture Exposed In New Video

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Richard Walker

LA Noire is a hard boiled detective story set in 1940s Los Angeles, amid a violent period in the city that saw the Dahlia Murders and more grimy dealings going on in the LA underworld. You're Cole Phelps, a good cop embroiled in the gritty crime and drama that makes the City of Angels such a dangerous place.

Utilising revolutionary MotionScan technology, LA Noire scans and captures every subtle nuance of an actor's performance for the most realistic, detailed and expressive faces we've ever seen in a video game. The tech uses 32 high-definition cameras positioned at various points in a booth where the actor sits and delivers their performance, which is then captured at 30 frames-per-second for use in the game.

There are over 400 actors that have been given the MotionScan treatment in LA Noire, each with faces that you'll be able to read for tell-tale signs when you interrogate them. For more on LA Noire, pull your best poker face and read through our first look preview and check out the trailer, which takes you behind the scenes with the incredible technology.  LA Noire is currently slated for a spring 2011 release.

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  • Uhhh...private video?
  • Shazaaam!
  • AWESOME!!!! Wish it was out sooner
  • Walter Bishop! Aces!
  • awesome tech, awesome game im sure of it.
  • My Walter Bishop induced fit aside... based on this trailer alone, the facial animations in this game are absolutely incredible. This is surely the future.
  • That shit looks amazing.
  • the guy from Mad Men is in it? haha that's awesome. another Rockstar WIN
  • GTA and rdr didn't let me down so i hope this don't either
  • Looks the dogs!!!
  • Ridiculously amazing
  • i hope this is really good its been in development for a while so hope its not a big disappointment
  • WALTER!!! This looks unbelievable in all honesty. Very well done though. Can't wait to check it out properly!
  • This game is going to raise the bar!!!
  • This is really going to do for Gaming Facial Development what Avatar did for Mo-Cap.. lets hope this raises the industry standard :)
  • Wow, that tech is sublime.
  • Walter! or is it Walternate...? it would be fun to see some Easter egg for Fringe or maybe in Fringe an Easter egg for La Noire.. I can wish. Back on topic, I am now fully excited for this, now to wait...
  • Good shit, Rockstar always makes great games. I'll pick this up for sure.
  • Day 1 purchase, wonder if they have any freeroam planned for this aswell
  • This game looks fucking sick!
  • wooooooow that was brilliant, i'm looking forward to this game more and more
  • Absolutely stunning, it's like a revolution in the industry
  • they still need to work on the eyes, they never seemed to look natural, or look in the right direction to whats going on. this is a good start tho.
  • That's some uncharted 2 type of lip sync... Holy Amazing.
  • pritty good tbh
  • Reminds me of Heavy Rain, only with more HD cams^^
  • One word: UNBEF¤%&INGLIEVABLE!
  • Wow... that's so good it's scary o_O
  • Wow, that's amazing!
  • It LOOKS amazing, which can mean huge letdown game wise. Coming from R* tho, I have faith it'll be a great game too.
  • looks gorgeous. hopefully its a good game. if it gets good reviews then ill be playing it day 1
  • This looks amazing, can't wait!
  • Looks great but does anyone else hear the audio? sounds like the people are miles away
  • @19 I'm sure they will. Free-roam is one of the best features of each Rockstar game.
  • John Noble FTW!
  • looking forward to this game more than crysis 2 as of now.
  • Wow, i can't imaginge not picking up this game, it looks like the best Rockstar game yet.
  • This trailer may have persuaded me into buying this game. Those facial expressions are absolutely astonishing!
  • Thats sick! very realistic I like it alot really looking forward to playing this beauty.
  • They look great up until they're in the game, I dunno what is it though, hopefully it's just a bit of polish needed
  • I need to know. Are team bondi developing the whole game or just the motion capture??
  • Take note ubisoft.
  • Pretty mind-blowing to be honest, James Cameron sleep with one eye open.
  • rockstar is one of the best gaming companies around. They always deliver well thought out products that never disapoint. This is a definite preorder for me.
  • oh god! this looks so good!
  • Other Epic game From R* Best facial motion Scan
  • o shit its walter from fringe!!
  • use this in skyrim!!!!!
  • +P
  • Holy Shit....thats awesome
  • Asweosme.
  • I've been interested in this game since it's been announced, but never bothered to look at any trailers/previews...until now. Consider my mind blown. Can't wait.
  • Most impressive facial animations indeed, I'd love to see this tech adopted by more companies in the future. Then again, it's probably quite tricky to employ this tech on an actor portraying something not human (like a demon, magical entity or alien), but I guess that depends mostly on how developed the tech is. Anyhow it's great to see, and I hope this game turns out to be a hit (as that would surely help get the technology adopted by more developers).
  • very Impressive stuff will definitly think about this one.
  • I had a teacher last year who was involved in the early stages of the development of this technology as an actor. He said it was really impressive and he clearly wasn't kidding! Looks great.
  • Absolutely spectacular
  • the graphics for this game looks AMAAAZING and this should definately be in skyrim and the next fallout
  • wow its amazing how far technology has progressed in video games
  • Oh... my... god... AWESOME!
  • Amazing but, what is this game about? something like Mafia II or Heavy rain?
  • Who needs Kinect!
  • MAFIA2-GTA-HEAVY.RAIN COMBINED :P
  • @29 -- best comment ever.
  • is it just me or does anyone else notice that people thumbs up all the staff's comments no matter what it says?
  • cannot wait! this game just keeps getting better!!
  • Can't wait for this one!
  • @65 That's because the staff are the only people on this site that, when they speak, it's either clever or intelligent.
  • this shit is gonna be sick!
  • Holy crapioli. I'm probably going to buy it just to see more of this. Hahahaha
  • This IS the future of gaming, can't wait to see more :D
  • My jaw just hit the floor.
  • Mmmmm, I am ready to play this. Right now.
  • I'm looking forward to this game especially since seeing the super cool new technology their using for ultra realistic faces.
  • OH MY GOD IT'S WALTER BISHOP. That made me shit bricks. This went from a "MUST BUY GIVE ME IT NOW" to me willing to take a life for it.. No, but damn I want this damn game so bad.
  • I think someone said this game was not set as a free-roaming game, but not sure if that's confirmed.
  • holy cack... this looks epic. why are you lying to me?! :P
  • Big "Fringe" fan, eh Webb?
  • cant help but notice that the heads and bodies are separate now though
  • I am sooo interested in this game. Rockstar hasn't let me down yet and this looks EPIC.
  • all i can say is this make RDR look like a pile of crap and i absolutly loved RDR and its graphics. i know i might be exaggerating a bit much but this game will definitely be a day one buy just so i can look at video game gold
  • jaw dropping
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