‘Earth to Ned’ uses real-time digital puppetry for final-pixel TV | Spotlight | Unreal Engine

The Jim Henson Company, creators of Fraggle Rock, The Dark Crystal, and Sid the Science Kid, has been delivering performance-driven family entertainment for over 60 years, from traditional hand puppets to animatronics and real-time digital animation. When they brought Unreal Engine into the mix, they were able to take real-time digital puppetry to final output right on set, in an innovative blend of live action, animatronics, and performed CG animation. The result was Earth to Ned, which airs on Disney .