Name: Animate characters by evolving them
Uploaded: 2008-07-08T01:00:00Z
Duration: 18 min 6 s
Description: Torsten Reil talks about how the study of biology can help make natural-looking animated people -- by building a human from the inside out, with bones, muscles and a nervous system. He spoke at TED in 2003; see his work now in GTA4.

Torsten Reil talks about how the study of biology can help make natural-looking animated people -- by building a human from the inside out, with bones, muscles and a nervous system. He spoke at TED in 2003; see his work now in GTA4.

Torsten Reil: Animate characters by evolving them

Animate characters by evolving them

Simulating humans with realistic biomechanics and AI brings dynamic reactions to games, enhancing interactive virtual worlds.

Using AI and physical simulations, characters react uniquely to stimuli, paving the way for virtual stuntmen in films and games.

Evolved AI characters display surprising, lifelike behaviors, promising applications from gaming to surgical simulations.