Thursday, August 16, 2007

Amazing Motion Detecting CG Animation in Flash

Click on any of these images to open the corresponding flash demo which detects the cursor motion and follows it. Pretty impressive!

The company's homepage features an avatar which is even more interactive than this one. For instance, you can tickle her nose and watch her sneeze, or ring the bell to get her attention. Amazing, isn't it? What's even more amazing is that the entire animation was created by using only a single photograph of the subject. The 2D to 3D rendering is done by the software which enables the avatars to be interactive. There's a tremendous possibility of this technology being utilized by all sorts of industries. Imagine a web based tutor that interacts with its students, or the e-commerce sales assistant that makes the buying experience as close to the real life as possible. What about web based interactive games in which the character interacts to your every set of complex cursor moves - just like Wii-motes detecting your hand motion? Due to all these wonderful possibilities I believe that we'll be seeing more of these in the future.

Source: Motionportrait.com .


















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