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Brain Springs: Fast Physics for Large Crowds in WALL•E
July/August 2009 (vol. 29 no. 4)
pp. 19-25
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| Paul Kanyuk, "Brain Springs: Fast Physics for Large Crowds in WALL•E," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 19-25, July/August, 2009. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/MCG.2009.59, author = {Paul Kanyuk}, title = {Brain Springs: Fast Physics for Large Crowds in WALL•E}, journal ={IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications}, volume = {29}, number = {4}, issn = {0272-1716}, year = {2009}, pages = {19-25}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MCG.2009.59}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - MGZN JO - IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications TI - Brain Springs: Fast Physics for Large Crowds in WALL•E IS - 4 SN - 0272-1716 SP19 EP25 EPD - 19-25 A1 - Paul Kanyuk, PY - 2009 KW - physics-based animation KW - crowd simulation KW - motion signal processing KW - spring physics KW - fake physics KW - behavioral animation KW - computer graphics VL - 29 JA - IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications ER - | |||
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MCG.2009.59
A major challenge of making WALL•E was creating believable physics for human and robot crowds. To do this, Pixar technical directors combined a custom spring-physics system in the Massive software platform with traditional simulation methods. The performance was fast enough to scale for large crowds and maintain interactivity for previews.
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Index Terms:
physics-based animation, crowd simulation, motion signal processing, spring physics, fake physics, behavioral animation, computer graphics
Citation:
Paul Kanyuk, "Brain Springs: Fast Physics for Large Crowds in WALL•E," IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 19-25, July-Aug. 2009, doi:10.1109/MCG.2009.59
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