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Watch “Sequoyah: Voice of the Inventor for the Bicentennial” here.
In honor of Sequoyah and this year’s bicentennial
real-time graphics and the voice and movements of firstcelebration of the Cherokee syllabary, Cherokee Nation language Cherokee speaker Steve Daugherty. has become the first Native American “Cherokee Nation has brought tribe to use motion and facial capture programming, infrastructure and industrytechnology to help preserve and promote leading technologies to Oklahoma,” said an indigenous language. Jennifer Loren, director of Cherokee In collaboration with the tribe’s Nation Film Office and Original Content. language program, Cherokee Nation “Cherokee Nation’s COVID Response Film Office and Original Content today Virtual Soundstage includes unique premiered “Sequoyah: Voice of the content creation tools that have never been Behind the scenes as “Sequoyah: Voice of the Inventor for Inventor for the Bicentennial.” available in Indian Country before now. the Bicentennial” is filmed at the Cherokee Nation Covid “Through the use of this state-of-theThis virtual is state-of-the-art a first of motion Response Virtual production Soundstage, using art technology and the incredible efforts its among tribal nations and an and kind facial capture technology. of our first-language speakers, we are excellent example of how emerging perpetuating the Cherokee language for technology can help us preserve and share many generations to come,” said Cherokee indigenous languages.” Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. The tribe’s virtual video production Fluent Cherokee speaker Steve Daugherty brings “For 200 years, Sequoyah’s invention implements a combination of video game Sequoyah to life through motion and facial of the Cherokee syllabary has truly engine and motion and facial capture capture technology. advanced our people, and it continues technology using a motion capture suit to move us forward today through new and innovative and headset to record body movements, facial expressions and technological breakthroughs.” language. Through a live render engine, recorded data was Filmed at the Cherokee Nation COVID Response Virtual then used to create a walking and talking digital character Soundstage, the production brings Sequoyah to life through of Sequoyah.
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