They can do more things, like fly. The characters are icons. Starship Troopers features several 3D characters with hundreds of motion captures per episode creating a battling array of humanoids and bugs. The series debuted in the fall of 1999 on the Bohbot Kids Network, with 40 episodes scheduled for production. Motion capture for the show is achieved through a combination of Ascension's magnetic system and Vicon's optical system.
Facial animation is keyframed.
Dog and Dinosaur, known for their attitude and exuberance respectively, are the 3D real-time animated hosts of a talk show produced by Protozoa for BBC Choice. They interview celebrities, interrupting them, ignoring them or simply blowing them up. They review films, report news, do impersonations and dance about their studio. Protozoa head modeler Tracey Roberts modeled them using Nichimen Graphics software package, N-World Geometry. Animation Director Mike Morasky created the deformation designs, using splines attached to the skeletons and skin attached to the splines to make the face and body mass of each character appear pliant.