StumpfJessie337: Created page with 'Software that helps shut video game characters into real-life figures, using a 3D printer, has been cultivated by Harvard computer scientists. Computer figures shaped without th…'

2012-08-07T02:33:46Z

Created page with 'Software that helps shut video game characters into real-life figures, using a 3D printer, has been cultivated by Harvard computer scientists. Computer figures shaped without th…'

New page

Software that helps shut video game characters into real-life figures, using a 3D printer, has been cultivated by Harvard computer scientists.

Computer figures shaped without the constraints of the physical world are difficult to print.

So the team designed a tool that identifies ideal locations for a real-world figure's joints.

But a lawyer described if the technology were to come on the mass market, copyright issues could arise.

Three-dimensional printers, which set up objects layer-by-layer using materials such as plastic, wood or chocolate, have been used to make toys, jewellery, car parts and even artificial limbs.

But making cartoon or computer games characters was more of a challenge, said Moritz Bacher, one of the researchers on the team.

Continue reading material the main story
“
Start Quote

You can be a character so anatomically skewed that it would never be able to stand up in real life”

Moritz Bacher
Harvard University
"In animation you're not necessarily making an effort to model the physical world perfectly - the model only has to be good enough things to convince your eye," he said.

"You can build a character so anatomically skewed that it would never be able to stand up in real life, and you can make deformations that aren't physically possible."

The researcher had said although most video game characters were created with skeletons that help animators turn the figures around on the screen, they were different from those in real-life objects.

"As an animator, you can maneuver the skeletons and create weight relationships with the surface points, but the skeletons inside are non-physical with zero-dimensional joints - they're not of good use to our fabrication process at all.

"In fact, the skeleton frequently protrudes outside the body entirely."

The team planned software that identifies the ideal locations for a computer-game figure's joints.

It is difficult to be able to see where the joints are just by looking at a character in 2D.

The software then optimises the location and the size of the joints for the physical world and produced the best possible model.

It also explanations a computer character's skin and enhances the texture, making it possible for details such as scales on a snake to appear on a printed object.

The researchers say the tool could be rewarding for artists and animators to experiment with a moving character.

"If you articles one of these articulated figures, you can experiment with different stances and movements in a natural way, as with an artist's mannequin," said Mr Bacher.

3D printing has been intended to print various objects - even food
But if the technology were to come on the market for the mass consumer to use, a major issue could arise - copyright.

"In principle, there is nothing illegal about this technology as it has not been deliberated in order to infringe copyright or to avoid any anti-piracy measures," said Mark Corran, a solicitor from Briffa, a London-based intellectual-property law firm.

"Commercially, I'd anticipate that the intention is to license this hardware to, for example, Microsoft or Sony for use with their devices.

"If the device was sanctioned by Microsoft or Sony, then there should be no infringement.

"However, where someone has established the images for a character in a game, which will be held within the code of the game,… using this technology to make a 3D copy of a 2D on-screen image for the character would be an infringement."
[tag] : [http://www.gamevolam3.net game vo lam 3]
[http://www.gamevolam3.net/tai-game tai game vo lam 3]
[http://www.gamevolam3.net/server-game-vo-lam-3 server game vo lam 3]
[http://www.gamevolam3.net/game-master-vo-lam-3 game master vo lam 3]
[http://www.gamevolam3.net/non-player-character-vo-lam-3 non player character vo lam 3]
[http://www.gamevolam3.net/disconnect-game-vo-lam-3 disconnect game vo lam 3]
tag: '''''game vo lam 3''''' - '''''tai game vo lam 3''''' - '''''server game vo lam 3''''' - '''''game master vo lam 3''''' - '''''non player''''' - '''''character vo lam 3''''' - '''''disconnect game vo lam 3'''''

StumpfJessie337 - Revision history

StumpfJessie337: Created page with 'Software that helps shut video game characters into real-life figures, using a 3D printer, has been cultivated by Harvard computer scientists. Computer figures shaped without th…'