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AI Stuntpeople Could Lead to More Realistic Video Games

posted by chromas on Saturday April 14 2018, @06:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the how-to-train-your-robot dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for SoyCow9228

Video game characters could soon be truer to life thanks to AI that can teach itself to fight and flip.

Video game developers often turn to motion capture when they want realistic character animations. Mocap isn't very flexible, though, as it's hard to adapt a canned animation to different body shapes, unusual terrain or an interruption from another character. Researchers might have a better solution: teach the characters to fend for themselves. They've developed a deep learning engine (DeepMimic) that has characters learning to imitate reference mocap animations or even hand-animated keyframes, effectively training them to become virtual stunt actors. The AI promises realistic motion with the kind of flexibility that's difficult even with methods that blend scripted animations together.

Source: https://www.engadget.com/2018/04/11/ai-teaches-itself-stunts/

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by MostCynical on Saturday April 14 2018, @08:27AM (3 children)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Saturday April 14 2018, @08:27AM (#666839) Journal

    Now, if they could just make the acting in "real" movies better, rather than making the stunts bigger and sillier..

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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Saturday April 14 2018, @12:52PM (1 child)

    by Gaaark (41) on Saturday April 14 2018, @12:52PM (#666907) Journal

    And tell a story instead of just 'splosions!

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  • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday April 14 2018, @05:06PM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday April 14 2018, @05:06PM (#666972) Homepage

    Now that Weinstein is persona non grata, we may yet see decent female actors again.

    Jennifer Lawrence recently claimed to be grossed out [glamour.com] by sex. Well, you would be too, if you had to sleep with a disgusting fat stubbly slob with those vivid coked-up memories burned into your brain. I bet the only reason why those whores turned against him is because he gave them all herpes or AIDS.