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Achieving Unmatched Visual Fidelity and Scientific Precision in Facial Capture

Revolutionizing Photorealism

LightStage captures the human face from every angle, creating incredibly realistic virtual replicas that adapt to any lighting condition. Its advanced algorithms accurately reproduce skin color, texture, shine, shading, and sub-surface details, ensuring seamless integration into any scene. Recognized for its groundbreaking contributions to visual storytelling, LightStage has earned two Academy Awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

ML Digital Prosthetics

LightStage ML models and 3D facial data enables lifelike digital doubles that blend seamlessly into any scene, driving the future of digital prosthetics.

Precision-Driven Geometry

LightStage scans achieve sub-millimeter precision with over five million polygons captured, creating ultra-detailed, geometrically accurate models.

Distinctive Detail with Separated Maps

LightStage models deliver separated maps capturing every nuance of skin with diffuse and specular maps paired with normal and displacement maps.

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LightStage's Academy Award winning reflectance field capture technology is transforms virtual performance

  • Facial Scanning

    LightStage technology captures faces with extraordinary detail, separating diffuse and specular components for lifelike realism. From subtle skin textures to every nuanced expression, we deliver the most accurate and photorealistic facial scans possible.

  • Body Scanning

    Our state-of-the-art body scanner captures every detail with exceptional accuracy. Perfect for full-body scans, it delivers precise, life-like models, making it ideal for everything from character creation and avatars to detailed measurements.

  • Costume Scanning

    From intricate fabrics to complex designs, our scanning technology captures costumes with remarkable detail and precision. Whether it’s elaborate armor, flowing garments, or textured materials, every element is faithfully reproduced for stunningly accurate digital models.


  • Prop Scanning

    In addition to people, we capture props with unparalleled accuracy. Using advanced tools like our Laser Arm Scanner, designed for complex geometry and high-precision tasks (even capable of detecting micro-cracks in airplane wings), we ensure every detail is flawlessly reproduced.

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Lightstage history

LightStage scans have been the industry standard for blockbuster films and AAA game titles for over a decade

The technology is co-created by LightStage CTO Tim Hawkins, based on pioneering research conducted at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies. In 2008, OTOY licensed this groundbreaking technology for commercial use and opened the LightStage capture facility in Burbank, CA.


In recognition of its innovative impact, LightStage received a Scientific and Engineering Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, honored for its "ability to capture high-fidelity reflectance data of human subjects, enabling the creation of photorealistic digital faces that appear true to life in any lighting condition."