When it comes to teaching science, animation seems like a natural fit. What better way to convey how a bicycle pump works or the functions of the human respiratory system? Yet research has turned up ...

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Animation in film and video games is hard to make realistic: each action typically requires creating a separate controller, while deep reinforcement learning has yet to generate realistic human or ...

The gig: Animator Hao Li, 34, is an assistant professor of computer science at USC, running a small, newly renovated lab with five graduate students at the university’s school of engineering. His team ...

Purdue Polytechnic is hosting four summer camps this summer for students entering Grades 3 through 12 in the areas of computer animation, game development, Lego robotics and engineering and technology ...

If you’ve ever wanted to make your own cartoons, learning the basic principles of animation from two of Disney’s greatest is a great way to start. This video course explains each of the “12 Principles ...

Modern films and TV shows are filled with spectacular computer-generated sequences computed by rendering systems that simulate the flow of light in a three-dimensional scene and convert the ...

A spectacular showcase of 20 cuttingedge computeranimated shorts from around the world ranging from wildly humorous to outrageously exotic Computer Animation Festival spins a hightech tapestry of art ...

Before the 1990s, most visual effects in movies consisted of stop motion and people in suits. While computer animation was used in “Star Wars” and “Tron” and in title sequences like 1978’s “Superman,” ...