The real emotion engine? Meet Kara

A tech demo showcasing impressive motion capture and raw acting talent promises much as a CGI film. How much of that promise can be integrated into a fully interactive game is yet to be seen.

A strange beast

Twitter’s number one trending topic on the day of its release and subsequently the most talked about tech demo in recent memory, Kara is a fascinating talking point. In the form of a short CGI film, the demo showcases French game studio Quantic Dream’s (QD) newest direction in game development – ‘full-performance capture’.

This exciting technique blurs the line between Hollywood and the games industry even further as the method used in blockbuster hits Avatar and, most recently, The Adventures of Tintin, gets a go on the gaming circuit.