Its mission is to create believable facial performances that emotionally connect audiences to digital characters in films, games and other forms of entertainment.

Founded in the United Kingdom in 2000 by Ph.D’s in computer vision, Image Metrics focused on facial animation after determining that it offered the most challenging test for its technology.

Milestones
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Image Metrics added Robert Gehorsam as CEO. (9/7/10)

Posted 11/1/10 at 11:05am
Image Metrics added Dr Gareth Edwards as (ex) CTO / Founder.

Posted 9/3/10 at 11:38pm
Image Metrics added Peter Norris as Board Member. (4/14/10)

Posted 4/18/10 at 7:52pm
Image Metrics added Kevin Walker as CTO.

Posted 12/16/08 at 2:12pm
Image Metrics added Simon Elms as CFO.

Posted 12/16/08 at 2:12pm
Image Metrics added Brian Waddle as GM Video Games.

Posted 12/16/08 at 2:12pm
Image Metrics added Kelvin Duckett as General Manager Film +TV.

Posted 12/16/08 at 2:12pm
Image Metrics added Michael Starkenburg as CEO.

Posted 12/16/08 at 2:12pm
Image Metrics added Mika Salmi as Board member.

Posted 10/15/08 at 9:10am
Image Metrics received $8M in Unattributed funding. (3/24/10)

Posted 3/25/10 at 1:18pm via sec.gov
Image Metrics received $6.5M in Series B funding. (12/1/08)

Posted 12/16/08 at 10:22am via techcrunch.com
Image Metrics received $4.16M (€4.2M) in Series A funding. (7/1/02)

Posted 12/16/08 at 10:22am via axiomlab.com
Image Metrics acquired Big Stage. (2/17/11)

Posted 2/17/11 at 6:50am via yahoo.com