Cyberware (company) explained

Cyberware Inc. was a company that produced high-performance color 3D scanners. Cyberware was owned and managed by the Addleman family with headquarters in Monterey, California;^[1] it has scanning centers located in United States, UK, Europe, Australia and Asia.^[2]

3D Color Scanners

A 3D scanner is a device that analyzes a real-world object to collect data on its shape and appearance.

Head & Face

• Model PS^[3]
• Model PX^[4]

Whole Body

• Model WB2^[5]
• Model WB4^[6]
• Model WBX^[7]

Custom

• Model BK (Below the Knee)
• Model LSS (Large Statue Scanner)
• Model M15 (Desktop 3D Scanner)^[8]
• Model S (Shop)
• Model SG (Spherical Gantry)
• Model 3030 (Scanhead)
• Model 7G (Ear Impression)

Selected films

Cyberware won the Academy award for Best Visual Effects in the Hollywood movie The Abyss.^[9]

• 1986: (William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and the Enterprise crew)^[9]
• 1989: The Abyss (Pseudopod)
• 1990: RoboCop 2 (computerized talking face)
• 1991: (Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dan Stanton)
• 1991: The Doors (film) (Val Kilmer)
• 1992: Batman Returns (Michael Keaton)
• 1993: Jurassic Park (film) (dinosaur models)
• 1994: The Mask (film) (dog model)
• 1996: Dragonheart (winged dragon model)

Selected video games

• 2004: (Takeshi Kaneshiro and Jean Reno)^[10]
• 2008: Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! (Takaya Kuroda, Shota Matsuda, Susumu Terajima, Masaya Kato, Takashi Tsukamoto, Aya Hisakawa and other main characters)
• 2009: Yakuza 3 (Satoshi Tokushike, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Nakamura Shidō II, Tetsuya Watari, Shigeru Izumiya, George Takahashi and other main characters)^[11]
• 2010: Yakuza 4 (Kōichi Yamadera, Hiroki Narimiya, Rikiya Koyama, Majyu Ozawa, Kenta Kiritani and other main characters)^[12]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cyberware - Copyrights . 2010-01-17 . 2009-12-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091225002824/http://www.cyberware.com/info/copyright.html . dead .
2. http://www.cyberware.com/info/scanningCenters.html Cyberware - Scanning Centers
3. http://www.cyberware.com/products/scanners/ps.html Head & Face 3D Color Scanner (Model PS)
4. http://www.cyberware.com/products/scanners/px.html Head & Face 3D Color Scanner (Model PX)
5. Motion Capture. Next Generation. 10. Imagine Media. October 1995. 54.
6. http://www.cyberware.com/products/scanners/wb4.html Whole Body Color 3D Scanner (Model WB4)
7. http://www.cyberware.com/products/scanners/wbx.html Whole Body Color 3D Scanner (Model WBX)
8. Web site: Cyberware Custom Scanners . 2010-01-17 . 2010-01-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100115032343/http://www.cyberware.com/products/scanners/customScanners.html . dead .
9. http://www.cyberware.com/info/movieList.html Cyberware - Filmography
10. http://archiv.fmx.de/fmx05/www.fmx.de/filemaker_bilder/pdf/WEB_Katalog.pdf fmx 05
11. Web site: HP Workstation 導入事例紹介株式会社セガ 「龍が如く3」 . 2010-01-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090527121654/http://h50146.www5.hp.com/products/workstations/personal_ws/case_studies/sega_ryugagotoku.html . 2009-05-27 . dead .
12. http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20090724_304607.html セガ、PS3「龍が如く4 伝説を継ぐもの」正式タイトル決定！キャスト第1弾も発表