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Face plus (www.mixamo.com/faceplus), a technology that brings facial animations to 3D characters with just a simple webcam and the Unity editor. Independent developers can now enrich their games with emotional experiences without the high cost and complexity of existing facial animation solutions.

With Face Plus, developers are now able to capture their own facial expressions via standard webcams and transfer them in real time onto a 3D character. A Unity plugin, Face Plus leverages the Unity 4.3 blendshape technology and can also be used with bone driven animations in Unity 4.2.

Mixamo is also famous for a wide assortment of pre-rigged characters with animaitons for use in every major 3D package.  Their current pricing for their "All Access Single User License" is currently $1499.00/year.