Features

Enhance Animators’ Productivity with Procedural Motion Adaptation and Retargeting

By procedurally adapting existing 3D character animation to game environments at runtime, Autodesk® HumanIK® middleware frees animators from having to produce every combination of animation—saving time for more creative challenges. Runtime retargeting allows animators to reuse banks of animation on characters of completely different scales and proportions.

Create High-Quality, Believable Character Animation

HumanIK helps to enhance animation systems by enabling characters to interact more realistically with the game environment. Characters place their feet correctly, climb walls, and pick up weapons and objects, even when the game environment changes. With fewer gameplay constraints, HumanIK brings games to life with more believable and immersive 3D character animation experiences.

Core Features of Autodesk HumanIK

• Full-body inverse kinematics solving at runtime. Characters can be given instructions for individual limbs to reach arbitrary targets, while also solving the Full Body Inverse Kinematics (FBIK) system, enabling believable movement.
• Animation retargeting at runtime allows multiple characters to share animations clips.
• Compatibility with multiple platforms, including Microsoft® XBox 360®, PLAYSTATION®3, and Nintendo® Wii™ game consoles.
• Documentation, sample implementations, and sample framework.

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What’s New
Key features and enhancements include a new User’s Guide and a new sample framework, as well as full-body inverse kinematics improvements in the area of knee response to ankle rotation.