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Life-Like Animation From Movies to Games
Life-Like Animation There's an extremely interesting article on the Boston Globe about 3D animation and the computer games industry; Making Gaming Even More Real. Essentially, it starts by mentioning the technology used in movies, and how Artificial Intelligence has a huge impact on the creation process and realism. Then they claim how poor and unrealistic most current game AI is, and show how very similar technology can make the cross-industry leap, from movies to games. For game development, I have to confess personally emphasizing the differences between animation and AI, and not merge the two -- let alone consider nice graphics as clever AI. This has some advantages in the development process, but articles like this make me doubt the viability of this approach in the long term future... | Alex J. Champandard 935 posts. Saturday 22 June, 17:21 Reply
Tennis Animation Game Spot has a related preview of a tennis game that has over 500 animation sequences, created by motion capture. A tennis coach was consulted during the creation of the AI to make the selection and blending of the animation more realistic. First look: Next Generation Tennis | Alex J. Champandard 935 posts. Sunday 23 June, 14:14 Reply