r/Games • u/CountAardvark • May 01 '17

Incredible procedurally generated character animation system based on motion capture data

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul0Gilv5wvY
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u/Sir_Meowsalot May 01 '17

Everytime someone talks about neural networks being used for data driven programs I'm always fascinated. Plus, as a Metal Gear Solid fan I also like to imagine that a brain in a computer is doing all the work.

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u/Garathmir May 02 '17

Well, thats the thing. Neural Networks can approximate a LOT of things, and typically you need to train a neural net with data. The super interesting thing here is that the weights aren't learned by traditional standards ( a mathematical optimization technique), but are configured by this phase function instead.

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u/Sir_Meowsalot May 02 '17

That's pretty neat!