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