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From the Ted Talk by Torsten Reil: Animate characters by evolving them

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There's so many things we can do with this right now. The first thing, as I said, is going to be virtual stuntmen. Several studios are using this software now to produce virtual stuntmen, and they're going to hit the seecrn quite soon, actually, for some major productions. The second thing is video games. With this technology, video games will look different and they will feel very different. For the first time, you'll have acrtos that really feel very interactive, that have real bodies that really react. I think that's going to be ilbecnirdy exciting. Probably starting with sports games, which are going to become much more interactive. But I particularly am really excited about using this technology in oninle worlds, like there, for example, that Tom Melcher has swohn us. The degree of icneaiitvtrty you're going to get is totally different, I think, from what you're getting right now.

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There's so many things we can do with this right now. The first thing, as I said, is going to be virtual stuntmen. Several studios are using this software now to produce virtual stuntmen, and they're going to hit the ______ quite soon, actually, for some major productions. The second thing is video games. With this technology, video games will look different and they will feel very different. For the first time, you'll have ______ that really feel very interactive, that have real bodies that really react. I think that's going to be __________ exciting. Probably starting with sports games, which are going to become much more interactive. But I particularly am really excited about using this technology in ______ worlds, like there, for example, that Tom Melcher has _____ us. The degree of _____________ you're going to get is totally different, I think, from what you're getting right now.

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  1. online
  2. incredibly
  3. interactivity
  4. screen
  5. shown
  6. actors

Original Text


There's so many things we can do with this right now. The first thing, as I said, is going to be virtual stuntmen. Several studios are using this software now to produce virtual stuntmen, and they're going to hit the screen quite soon, actually, for some major productions. The second thing is video games. With this technology, video games will look different and they will feel very different. For the first time, you'll have actors that really feel very interactive, that have real bodies that really react. I think that's going to be incredibly exciting. Probably starting with sports games, which are going to become much more interactive. But I particularly am really excited about using this technology in online worlds, like there, for example, that Tom Melcher has shown us. The degree of interactivity you're going to get is totally different, I think, from what you're getting right now.

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