[sldev] Body motion and facial expression tracking, Microsoft did it

[Jan Ciger]

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Argent Stonecutter wrote:
> I think you're envisioning a much more ambitious project than I'm
> suggesting! :)

Likely. Call it professional deformation - I have been among these
things for quite a few years now :)

> So this would move the user's hand to clasp the other avatar's hand,
> while the hand was within 10cm of the goal, with a time facto of two
> seconds, and not bending the right elbow more than 10 degrees from the
> original animation.
> 
> At worst, it wouldn't be nearly as ludicrous as having the avatars
> waving hands at each other.
> 

Aha, I see. Well, that is certainly doable, but it will be really
difficult to use. On the other hand, having an option to actually use
procedural animation from scripts would be great.

> 
> The scripter would run the handshake animation, and eyeball the results
> when played back with a variety of complementary avatars. Individual
> coder's experience and market forces would be left to handle the results.

I see. I understood the goal differently - as having the "hug" or
"handshake" action executed automatically using IK only. That certainly
wouldn't work.

Regards,

Jan

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