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\u201cRuby\u201d courtesy of Immersive Enterprise Laboratories. Interactive facial animation driven by JALI technology.<\/p>\n

Live Demo at HP Booth Highlights JALI\u2019s Role in Interactive AI Character Experience<\/p>\n

We\u2019re excited to show NAB attendees how our automated interactive 3D character animation system enables story-driven experiences that bring imaginative worlds and characters to life\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sarah Watling, Co-Founder and CEO, JALI Research<\/p>\n

TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, April 10, 2026 \/EINPresswire.com<\/a>\/ — JALI Research Inc.<\/a> (JALI) today announced it will showcase its real-time facial animation and lip sync technology at NAB Show 2026<\/a>, April 18 to 22, at the Las Vegas Convention Center at the HP Booth (#N2561). JALI\u2019s pipeline solutions will power interactive AI character performances as part of a connected production workflow developed by Immersive Enterprise Laboratories<\/a> (IEL), an independent animation studio.<\/p>\n

From AAA in-game animation to feature animation, JALI is redefining production through intelligent automation. The technology delivers high-fidelity performance and multilingual lip sync at scale while empowering artists to direct expressive, believable digital characters across feature animation, video games, and immersive media. Over the years, JALI has transformed its lip sync solution from a background utility into a creative powerhouse, helping teams deliver feature-quality results on time, on budget, and on model. <\/p>\n

This interactive experience at NAB Show reflects IEL\u2019s larger, real-time, integrated workflow that unifies capture, creation, animation, broadcast, and audience interaction into a single continuous system. Within this environment, JALI provides the 3D performance backbone beneath any AI adjustments for continuity, consistency, and control across production and live real-time workflows.<\/p>\n

As one of the activations at the HP booth, visitors will get the opportunity to step inside the world of Ruby for a live AI-driven interactive meet-and-greet, “The Ruby Interactive Experience”. Attendees can engage with Ruby, a transmedia character developed by IEL, with JALI powering the expressive facial animation, lip sync, and body idle performance system as she seamlessly interacts with guests with her characteristic and infectious curiosity that has led her from her stardust origins to countless adventures across worlds in pursuit of understanding the science behind everything in episodes, virtual concerts, and a very busy trade show schedule. <\/p>\n

Whether scripted or live, JALI\u2019s toolset contributes to Ruby\u2019s story narrative resulting in authentic, expressive dialog and live character performance that reflects her personality and remains consistent with her visual expression across every interaction. Built for Unreal Engine, Ruby\u2019s interactive system is the result of a longtime R&D partnership between JALI and IEL and reflects their shared vision and commitment to bridging the chasm between technology and creative vision. <\/p>\n

Sarah Watling, Co-Founder and CEO, JALI Research, notes that while performant animation systems and rigs, backend Large Language Models (LLMs), and custom Retrieval-Augmented Generated (RAG) models are important elements, what has made this particular instance of an interactive digital character stand apart is the shared belief that incredible interactive experiences do not happen by accident, even when unscripted.<\/p>\n

\u201cPartnerships are at the core of JALI\u2019s approach to developing production-ready solutions trusted worldwide by companies like Blizzard Entertainment, CD Projekt Red, Activision, Pearl Abyss, DON\u2019T NOD, Obsidian Entertainment, 2K, The LEGO Group, and Riot Entertainment, said Watling. \u201cOur collaboration with IEL exemplifies what becomes possible when dedicated teams share a commitment to creativity and pushing technical achievement. We are excited to show NAB attendees how our reliable production-ready facial animation pipeline enables story-driven experiences that bring imaginative worlds and the characters who inhabit them to life for true audience engagement.\u201d\t<\/p>\n

The NAB activation reflects a broader shift toward integrated, real-time production models, where traditionally separate stages of animation and content creation operate simultaneously, and is a powerful illustration of how JALI\u2019s, non-destructive, procedurally generated 3D facial animation solutions can be integrated into a connected, AI-enhanced production workflow rather than a downstream production step.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur NAB demonstration highlights how specialized technologies can contribute to a larger, unified production environment,\u201d said Daniel Urbach, co-founder of Immersive Enterprise Laboratories. \u201cAt IEL, we design the overall system where story, performance, and interaction operate together in real time. JALI plays an important role within that environment by enabling expressive facial animation that supports live character interaction.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nTo schedule an appointment with Sarah Watling at 2026 NAB Show, contact Vicky Gray-Clark at vicky@ambientpr.com, or stop by the HP booth. <\/p>\n

About JALI Research\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t

\nJALI Research Inc. (JALI) is a Toronto-based developer of powerful automated lip sync, expressive multilingual facial animation, and production-ready rigging and pipeline solutions. JALI technology empowers animation studios and animators with powerful, high-end, scalable pipeline tools that support both large-scale production and craft-centric animation houses to deliver cinematic-quality animation at scale, efficiently, reliably, and with the confidence to thrive creatively.<\/p>\n

Vicky Gray Clark
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