We all know that today's students don't go home, do their homework, practice the piano, help with dinner, clean up, and go to bed. It's more like come home, flip on the Xbox 360, Wii, or PS3 and PWN people online in games. What is there learning going on in those games? I say 100% YES! I myself is a avid video game player, and trust me, you learn a lot in, it might not be on the ACT, but you do learn. When trying to look for software to try to get my students involved with animation, I found a company called NaturalMotion who created a software called Endorphin. Endorphin is a software that is the industry's first Dynamic Motion Synthesis software. At the heart of endorphin are its Adaptive Behaviors, which - unlike animation data - are completely interactive. With Adaptive Behaviors, 3D characters essentially animate themselves. Move two Football players close to each other and one will automatically tackle the other one, realistically trying to grab hold of his legs and bringing him down . Or not. It really is up to you. endorphin allows animators to direct scenes in real-time in a way they have never been able to do before. You can change parameters or change behaviors and see the results instantly on the screen in front of you. When you're done, export animation data in one of the many formats, ready for use in your game or VFX shot.
The best part Endorphin is that it is FREE for education, and all you have to do is download the software and register it. So go ahead and download it, heck it even comes with free video tutorials on how to make it work! This software is one of a kind, and it's completely free for the education version! How cool is that!
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