BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Linklings LLC BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260417T190157Z LOCATION:West Building\, Rooms 220-222 DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250812T104500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250812T105500 UID:siggraph_SIGGRAPH 2025_sess150_papers_866@linklings.com SUMMARY:xADA: Controllable and Expressive Audio-Driven Animation DESCRIPTION:Sarah Taylor, Salvador Medina, Jonathan Windle, Erica Alcusa S áez, and Iain Matthews (Epic Games)\n\nWe introduce xADA, a generative mod el for creating expressive and realistic animation of the face, tongue, an d head directly from speech audio. \nThe animation maps directly onto Meta Human compatible rig controls enabling integration into industry-standard content creation pipelines. \nxADA generalizes across languages, and voice styles, and can animate non-verbal sounds.\n\nInterest Area: Research & E ducation\n\nRecording: Livestreamed, Not Livestreamed, Recorded, Not Recor ded\n\nRegistration Category: Full Conference, Virtual Access, Tuesday\n\n Session Chair: Sheldon Andrews (École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), McG ill University)\n\n END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR