Comments on: Motion synthesizer

Motion synthesizer

darsh — Wed, 08 Oct 2003 12:34:11 -0800

This animation shows that biologically and socially relevant information about a person can be conveyed in biological motion patterns. You can adjust the moving figure in four areas: male/female, heavy/light, nervous/relaxed, and happy/sad. While I was intrigued by the concept, I'm not completely sure that the moving figure conveyed the state I had intended.
(I found using 'lines' provided a clearer image of someone walking)

By: frykitty

frykitty — Wed, 08 Oct 2003 12:47:34 -0800

That's remarkable. Nice link!

By: Espoo2

Espoo2 — Wed, 08 Oct 2003 12:49:43 -0800

[this is good]

By: gottabefunky

gottabefunky — Wed, 08 Oct 2003 12:56:51 -0800

Neat. For some reason the "heavy happy female" setting reminds me of the robot from this movie.

By: Perigee

Perigee — Wed, 08 Oct 2003 13:04:29 -0800

You should try a nervous, light, happy male. He doesn't walk - he does the crack version of an Irish jig.

By: Dipsomaniac

Dipsomaniac — Wed, 08 Oct 2003 13:07:13 -0800

I tried a heavy, nervous, happy female - and it came out kind of jaunty. To me, anyway. YMMV

By: homunculus

homunculus — Wed, 08 Oct 2003 13:14:12 -0800

But does it dance?

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Wed, 08 Oct 2003 13:39:43 -0800

Interesting to watch the fade from male to female while it's going. So all I need to do to change from one to the other is move my elbows out or in, and, um, change the size of my hips?

By: Lynsey

Lynsey — Wed, 08 Oct 2003 14:38:25 -0800

That was tres cool. You were right, darsh, the lines made it way easier to see. Was it just me or did the nervous male seem to barely move his hips as opposed to the relaxed male? Hmm....

By: i_am_joe's_spleen

i_am_joe's_spleen — Wed, 08 Oct 2003 14:55:28 -0800

I wonder what would happen if you tried modelling people from different cultures, or different age groups? It is my observation that walking styles vary from nation to nation. I'd love to see Japanese school girl vs Tongan policeman vs Brazilian sambista.

By: TimeFactor

TimeFactor — Wed, 08 Oct 2003 15:35:20 -0800

This is great! It's amazing how I can scroll in the exact walks of people I know.

By: bonaldi

bonaldi — Wed, 08 Oct 2003 16:42:06 -0800

sad, thin, relaxed women are sexy, it seems ... on preview: just like TimeFactor said - one super-annoying woman I know sashays just like light, relaxed, happy.

By: fuzz

fuzz — Wed, 08 Oct 2003 17:48:04 -0800

It's incredible how strongly I recognize the meaning of a bunch of moving dots. We all have a region in our brain that is specialized for recognizing faces. I wonder if maybe we also have one that is specialized for recognizing body movements and the emotions that they convey.

By: five fresh fish

five fresh fish — Wed, 08 Oct 2003 17:59:41 -0800

Set it strongly male, and you can get some rather scary robotic-deathdealer-from-the-future sort of motions. Robocop Terminator sorta thing.