VentureBeat

Character Animation: Skeletons and Inverse Kinematics

So you’ve built your Gothic castle-it’s time for your hero to dash into play and defend the battlements. Your gaming engine supports skeletons, an animation system called Inverse Kinematics (IK), and ...
Nature

Character Animation and Motion Synthesis

Character animation and motion synthesis have evolved into a multidisciplinary field at the nexus of computer graphics, biomechanics, and artificial intelligence. The field aims to generate ...
gematsu

LUNAR Remastered Collection interview with character designer Toshiyuki Kubooka – classic designs, animation, and modern perspectives

Gematsu recently sat down with Toshiyuki Kubooka, the character designer and animation director behind the LUNAR series, to discuss the remastered editions of LUNAR: Silver Star Story and LUNAR: ...
Variety

AI Startup Cartwheel Raises $10 Million; Releases Its First Character Animation Tools (EXCLUSIVE)

AI animation startup Cartwheel announced that it raised $10 million in a new round of funding, while releasing to the public its first AI-driven 3D character animation tools. The new round of funding ...
gematsu

RPG Maker Unite details character animations, asset graphical specifications

—Animation patterns will become variable! In previous RPG Maker titles at its default state, character animations were limited to a maximum of three patterns due to various design limitations. In RPG ...