slaughters
07-16-2003, 04:16 PM
"NaturalMotion's Virtual Stuntmen will be used in Troy, the Hollywood epic directed by Wolfgang Petersen (Air Force One, The Perfect Storm), starring Brad Pitt (Fight Club, Seven) as Achilles."
http://www.naturalmotion.com/pages/news.htm
NaturalMotions uses an AI product called endorphin to teach computer figures how to walk (it can output BVH files).
"NaturalMotion's Active Character Technology (A.C.T.) is based on Oxford University's research on the control of human and animal body motions. In essence, we build a physical, biomechanically-realistic model of a character (e.g. a human or a dinosaur), implant an appropriate brain structure (usually a neural network), and use optimisation techniques (such as artificial evolution) to create the desired behaviour."
http://www.naturalmotion.com/pages/technology_hiw.htm
Here's a direct link to an MPG showing this behaivor
http://www.naturalmotion.com/files/simplewalkevolution.mpg
http://www.naturalmotion.com/pages/news.htm
NaturalMotions uses an AI product called endorphin to teach computer figures how to walk (it can output BVH files).
"NaturalMotion's Active Character Technology (A.C.T.) is based on Oxford University's research on the control of human and animal body motions. In essence, we build a physical, biomechanically-realistic model of a character (e.g. a human or a dinosaur), implant an appropriate brain structure (usually a neural network), and use optimisation techniques (such as artificial evolution) to create the desired behaviour."
http://www.naturalmotion.com/pages/technology_hiw.htm
Here's a direct link to an MPG showing this behaivor
http://www.naturalmotion.com/files/simplewalkevolution.mpg