The Future of Facial Rigging: RigX and the Next Era of Digital Humans (Presented by 2DNAC)

Friday, March 13, 2026 at 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM · 30 min. (US/Pacific)
Festival Stage, South Hall
Lecture
Game & Production Technology

Information

Marko Š. presents RigX, a revolutionary pipeline that transforms how digital characters are created for high-end games and cinematic productions. Attendees will see firsthand how RigX shatters traditional limitations, enabling artists to produce characters of all styles—from hyper-realistic humans to stylized or cartoony designs—faster and more efficiently than ever before.

The session features a short, high-quality rendered example followed by a live demonstration, showing RigX's seamless handling of facial animation, rigging, and performance in real-time. Marko discusses key features, shares practical tips for implementing RigX in advanced production pipelines, and answers audience questions. This session emphasizes innovation, efficiency, and the creative possibilities RigX opens for modern character creation across games, film, AR/VR, and interactive experiences.
Audience Level
All
Intended Audience
This session targets decision-makers and technical leads at AAA studios responsible for character pipelines and production workflows. Attendees gain insight into RigX as a complete, flexible solution that streamlines rigging, animation, and multi-character implementation, enabling faster, more efficient character creation for high-end games and cinematic projects.
Attendee Takeaway
Attendees discover how RigX redefines the industry standard for digital character creation, offering fully flexible, adjustable rigs for projects of any scale. They see how it enables massive space savings for multiple characters, streamlines pipelines, and can reduce AAA character creation time by up to 80%, demonstrating a new future for high-end production.
Pass Type
Festival PassGame Changer Pass
Type
Partner Session
Available on GDC Vault Later
Not Recorded
2DNAC RigX538RigX — The Future of Character Rigging RigX is a next-generation rigging solution built for high-end, mobile, VR, AR, and web productions. Fully compatible with Unreal Engine and Autodesk Maya, RigX delivers ultra-fast, production-ready rigs for humans, creatures, and everything in between. Its shared memory architecture allows multiple characters to run on a single rig, enabling large-scale crowd and complex scenes with unmatched efficiency. With up to 80% faster setup times for AAA and seamless pipeline integration, RigX gives studios the freedom to create without technical limits and scale effortlessly across platforms. Trusted by teams who demand speed, precision, and scalability.

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