Full-Body Animation Generation for Expressive NPCs

In this 2021 Machine Learning Summit talk, Netease’s Yu Ding describes a novel approach, relying on deep learning technologies, to automatically synthesize high-quality and life-like full-body animations for talking NPCs. Head to GDC Vault () for the latest video-on-demand sessions from GDC 2022—with several GDC videos available to watch for free! Join the GDC mailing list: Follow GDC on Twitter: GDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.