Academia Archives - GAME ANIM

Nvidia & Remedy: Neural Networked Facial Animation

August 14th, 2017

Quantum Break developer Remedy is working with Nvidia to help create this new machine-learning approach to solving animation from video input to 3D output modif...

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Facial Retargeting With Automatic Range Of Motion Alignment

June 26th, 2017

This new approach aims to overcome the limitations inherent with capturing motion from actors that don't physically resemble the faces of the characters they're...

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Simulation-Ready Hair Capture

June 4th, 2017

From Disney Research comes this unique approach to capturing properties and parameters of hair motion rather than the motion itself. "Physical simulation has l...

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Phase-Functioned Neural Networks For Character Control

May 2nd, 2017

This exciting research from Daniel Holden, (University of Edinburgh), Taku Komura, (University of Edinburgh) & Jun Saito, (Method Studios) presents a machin...

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Real Time Physics Based Motion Capture With Sparse Sensors

December 30th, 2016

"A small number of sensors leaves the performer unencumbered by not requiring dense coverage of the body. An inverse dynamics solver and physics-based body mode...

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Guided Learning Of Control Graphs For Physics-Based Characters

December 10th, 2016

While unresponsive to control, this shows a good mix of physics layered on top of bespoke motion capture clips and impressive transitions when the action is adv...

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Fusion4D: Real-time Performance Capture of Challenging Scenes

November 12th, 2016

Amazing motion capture of meshes that are constantly retopologizing and therefore able to handle changes such as removing clothing gracefully. "We contribute...

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Motion Graphs For Unstructured Textured Meshes

July 19th, 2016

Essentially motion-matching on motion-captured meshes rather than rigged skeletons. Like L.A. Noire for the full body. "We analyze these unstructured mesh se...

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Capturing And Animating Skin Deformation In Human Motion

July 4th, 2016

A novel approach to motion capture that includes secondary motion. "During dynamic activities, the surface of the human body moves in many subtle but visuall...

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Task-based Locomotion

May 23rd, 2016

Focussing more on NPC navigation over the player, this approach prioritises footsteps for more natural motion during the all-important transitions between actio...

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A Deep Learning Framework For Character Motion Synthesis And Editing

May 22nd, 2016

The presentation below from the University of Edinburgh already looks like the next evolution beyond motion-matching. "We present a framework to synthesize c...

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Artist-Directed Dynamics For 2D Animation

May 21st, 2016

Of interest to 2D animators currently using tools like Spine, this presentation shows a fairly robust solution for getting more out of the normally rigid 2D bon...

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Nvidia & Remedy: Neural Networked Facial Animation

Facial Retargeting With Automatic Range Of Motion Alignment

Simulation-Ready Hair Capture

Phase-Functioned Neural Networks For Character Control

Real Time Physics Based Motion Capture With Sparse Sensors

Guided Learning Of Control Graphs For Physics-Based Characters

Fusion4D: Real-time Performance Capture of Challenging Scenes

Motion Graphs For Unstructured Textured Meshes

Capturing And Animating Skin Deformation In Human Motion

Task-based Locomotion

A Deep Learning Framework For Character Motion Synthesis And Editing

Artist-Directed Dynamics For 2D Animation

Cuphead’s Animation Process And Philosophy

Nvidia & Remedy: Neural Networked Facial Animation

The Cinematic Process Of WWE 2K18