Colwyn
08-07-2006, 02:01 PM
Second Life: Expressive Puppeteering on Yahoo (http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060801/sftu091.html?.v=68)
Linden Lab, creator of the acclaimed 3D world Second Life, today announced the introduction of expressive puppeteering for Second Life avatars. With expressive puppeteering, any resident will be able to manipulate their avatar to create real-time, gestures and movements. The animation is being demonstrated by Second Life at the SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Technologies, in Boston, MA, July 30 - August 2 (booth 310.)
The ability to add movement through the expressive puppeteering technology will be fully integrated into Second Life, allowing residents who desire a more advanced and realistic animation to enhance their interaction without having to access dedicated animation software programs. To create an animation, residents simply grab an avatar's body part and move it in the desired way. The avatar then "learns" the animation and gestures accordingly.
via Raph Koster (http://www.raphkoster.com/)
Linden Lab, creator of the acclaimed 3D world Second Life, today announced the introduction of expressive puppeteering for Second Life avatars. With expressive puppeteering, any resident will be able to manipulate their avatar to create real-time, gestures and movements. The animation is being demonstrated by Second Life at the SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Technologies, in Boston, MA, July 30 - August 2 (booth 310.)
The ability to add movement through the expressive puppeteering technology will be fully integrated into Second Life, allowing residents who desire a more advanced and realistic animation to enhance their interaction without having to access dedicated animation software programs. To create an animation, residents simply grab an avatar's body part and move it in the desired way. The avatar then "learns" the animation and gestures accordingly.
via Raph Koster (http://www.raphkoster.com/)