Technology EA need to use in next gen sports games.

[M Harlem]

http://www. naturalmotion. com/

Download the demos.

Realism begins here.

[Pera]

They won't use this,because they are lazy bastards.

[Andrew]

I'm not sure how we can expect the production team to interact with us or take them seriously when we hurl about insults like that.

[M Harlem]

Next-Generation Animation Technology
NaturalMotion announces an engine to power games of the future.
by Charles Onyett
March 13, 2006 - NaturalMotion Ltd. announced today their run-time animation technology, euphoria, which will be used for development in AAA next-generation games on the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Though precisely which games have yet to be revealed, the euphoria engine promises to be a step forward for character animations. Using euphoria, developers can escape the need to pre-program character reactions. Instead, the engine will take into account multiple variables like physics and degree of force to determine how an in-game model should react, making for distinctive results every time.



"euphoria enables a whole new level of interactivity and realism during game play," says Torsten Reil, CEO of NaturalMotion. "Every time euphoria synthesizes what happens on the screen you know that no player has seen it before. It makes every game your unique experience. Every football tackle is your tackle. Every haymaker is your haymaker. It's not canned animation data, it's you. These unique game moments are what next-generation games are all about."

Based on NaturalMotion's Dynamic Motion Synthesis (DMS) technology, euphoria allows for A.I. to act as though they possess a central nervous system. In addition to producing more realistic animations, this technology is also purported to reduce development time because of its autonomous calculations. We'll have to wait for further announcements and information regarding which specific titles are using the

[Pera]

I'm not sure how we can expect the production team to interact with us or take them seriously when we hurl about insults like that.

Sorry Andrew,i don't know what i was thinking when i posted that .

[Christopherson]

Wow that is amazing stuff. We can only dream!

[M Harlem]

This is whats needed EA and other companies need software like this to save time and money for next gen games it could be 10,000 of different animations in a single game and actually this was developed for sports games I just hope EA is aware of this because Live can be the best Ball game ever made on the 360 with those beutifull graphics.

[Buckley]

im not sure EA will consider using this thing......their next gen thing looks good enough....at least it looks fantastic in dahl's court patch....i think there gonna stick to their own next gen system for at least 5 yeras before they think of something else...

[M Harlem]

Its for animations not graphics.

[shadowgrin]

Hmmm..This could improve the skating animations of Live, even the uninterruptible crossovers.