The new motion prediction from Wonder Dynamics, and what’s coming with facial animation

April 22, 2025

A new podcast in the AI, ML and VFX series.

Today on the befores & afters podcast, we’re chatting with Nikola Todorovic. He is the co-founder of Wonder Dynamics, which is now an Autodesk company. Wonder Dynamics really burst onto the scene a few years ago with its AI-powered toolset. One of the main things it can do is let you capture a scene with real performers in it with only a single camera, and then turn those people into CG characters using markerless mocap.

That’s just one part of it, though, and there’s a match moving, tracking, clean plating and rendering side to what the toolset does. With Nikola, we’re taking a look back at the big developments in what Wonder Dynamics – now part of Autodesk Flow Studio – have been, including new aspects such as motion prediction, and what the team is hoping to do with facial performance.

Listen in above, and check out some behind the scenes videos below.

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