Tuesday, August 21, 2007

AnatomicRig 0

The user is now required to supply both the mesh and the (bound) skeleton (automatic skinning is still an option to be discussed later). Detailed studies of existing character types (such as primates, canines, felines, deers, cows etc) are to be made with results to be entered in a database. The purpose is to find correlations between known character types (eg. how manys ways cows are similar to horses), and to derive common parameters for these categories of characters (within or across different categories). With this knowledge, the input supplied will be analysed and matched against the database to determine which category of characters it belonged to (or categories, given a centaur or mermaid). Thereafter, the input would then be updated (adding more bones or mesh, altering positions, etc) with regards to the common parameters identified earlier to add realism and improve anatomical correctness of the model. Users can also specify within their character values for other attibutes that is identified with the particular category (eg weight, mass, agility etc), which would alter the model based again on the database created.

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