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Animation Tool Puts You in the Game

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the what-fun-is-that dept.

Matthew Sparkes writes "A new technique could take a simple body scan and allow a user to upload it and use it as an avatar or game character. Previously an animator would have to create a skeleton inside the model and describe movement capabilities manually. In tests, an inexperienced user could produce the animations in less than 15 minutes."

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  1. Missing the point by Belgarath52 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If I had the figure of a muscle-bound warrior I'd be out partying at clubs and getting girls, not playing WoW. The point of online games is to experience a different reality.

    Next step: if you don't actually know how to fight, your character can't either.

  2. Then lucky you!. . . Mario! by Skadet · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Mario Kart Arcade GP already scans just your face and slaps it on a character model, "putting YOU in the GAME!".

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  3. kiosks by Raccroc · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've always wondered why we haven't had this type of thing in "photo booth" style kiosks in shopping malls and arcades. It always seemed to me that facial scans (and now 3d models) would be a great addon for both arcade and home based games.

    1. Charge people to get their face/body scanned at kiosk
    2. Place images on a data card (CC for arcade readers and/or console compatible device)
    3. Sell DEV Kits for adding scanned work into your digital programs
    4. Sell Consumer Editing Kits for editing images (more Rock, less Erkel)
    5. Profit

  4. Re:News Flash: NE Females disappear from WOW! by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You have no idea ... in fact, one of my characters is in WoW's Femme Fatale guild ...

    It's all pixels, boys.

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