Artificial Intelligence: Animation Finally Gets NextGen Technology
June 16, 2004 | Levent OZLER
Animation and artificial intelligence, did you say? In many movies, like the 'Lord of the Rings: Return of the King,' dazzling animation is as visible as good acting, reports tv.ksl.com. But animation is expensive and time-consuming, it adds. Now computer scientists have come up with new animation technology. For instance, in a battle sequence, the technology applies artificial intelligence to character animation. In other words, the spaceships have learned to react and adapt. It's quite a breakthrough for the future of video games and movie animation. It was developed by Dr Parris Egbert and Jon Dinerstein at Brigham Young University.
In video games, characters can learn to compete and make it more challenging for the user. In movies, animators can automate characters in scenes so they don't have to tell each character what to do.
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