Volker Helzle worked for Eyematic Interfaces in California from 2000-2003, where his team pioneered facial motion capture and contributed significantly to the development of Eyematic Facestation. He has led Research & Development at the Animation Institute of the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg since 2003 and received an honorary professorship from the Filmakademie in 2013. In recent years, he has conducted research on several EU-funded projects such as Dreamspace and SAUCE. In the process, he also developed virtual production tools such as VPET.