[vos-d] Animation comment

[Jonathan Jones]

James Wilkins wrote:
> Anyway, have you considered supporting streaming animations in addition 
> to pre-recorded ones?  One thing I've noticed about existing 3d 
> environments is that making avatars move realistically is rather hard: 
> you have to have all desired motions available, find the correct ones 
> quickly, and activate the animations in the correct sequence and timing. 
>   
With the technology the end-user would likely have, the best way to do
this is for the client to have a script that says
"when object x is moving, activate it's walking animation." The key to
getting smooth, realistic animations is to do as
*much* as possible client-side. However fast networks get, it will
*always* be quicker to load something off the hard
disk than the network connection.
> It would seem much more natural to capture real motion using various 
> devices like cameras, accelerometers, bend sensors, and so on, and 
> translate this motion into actions of the 3d avatar in real time.  It 
> would probably even be possible to translate simple mouse motions into 
> gestures more spontaneous than those available with pre-recorded animations.
>
> I realize that esoteric input devices are neither common nor readily 
> available, and are not likely to be for some time, but it would be nice 
> to have support for such built into VOS.
>   
It would indeed. Maybe it would only be feasible across really zippy
(i.e. LAN or fibre-optic), but it's still a nice feature
for when and if the hardware becomes available.

-sconzey


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