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Virtual Stuntmen Ready for Hollywood

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the can-you-take-a-punch dept.

Kerhop writes "Discovery Channel has an article about a new form of virtual actors in movies. In particular "Endorphin's virtual actors learn how to move and react independently, unlike most computerized characters now that depend on fixed databases containing animated clips". MSNBC also is featuring a news video (no direct link is available, stream must to be added to playlist). The featured software Endorphin is created by Natural Motion."

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  1. Oh great by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now we get to hear the people in Hollywood complain about having their jobs outsourced to computers.

  2. Ain't this a bit OLD? by Soul-Burn666 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Dated: June 26, 2003
    and from the article "...will make their debut next year in the film "Troy,"..."

    Frist psot?

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  3. Manny the Virtual Stuntman... by GreenPenInc · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... he'll come on at the start of every movie, and tell the kids to quit downloading his code!

  4. Toy Story by Ced_Ex · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did Buzz Lightyear do his own stunts, or did he have a stunt double?

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  5. Re:Is this really news by GreenPenInc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Olds for nerds. Stuff that mattered.

  6. I thought we were responsible... by hende_jman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Isn't it people who download movies that put people like stuntmen out of jobs?