A new technique developed by MIT researchers aims to give artists more control over their animations. The approach, which generates barycentric coordinates, allows artists to define how 2D and 3D shapes can bend, stretch, and move in space and creates an artifact that fits their vision better. This is a departure from available techniques which…
Media artists who work on animated movies and video games could have more control over their animations, thanks to a new technique developed by researchers at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). This novel approach uses mathematical functions called barycentric coordinates to define how 2D and 3D shapes can move and change shape.
Currently, many techniques for…
The year 2023 marked several significant achievements for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as it sought to unravel the mysteries of the inner and outer world. From President Sally Kornbluth's inauguration, Mark Rober's address at the commencement, to Professor Moungi Bawendi winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the institution has had an exciting year.
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MIT neuroscientists have used an artificial language network to determine the type of sentences that most stimulate the brain's key language processing regions. Their study reveals that the brain reacts more to complex sentences with unusual grammar or unexpected meaning. Straightforward sentences or nonsensical sequences show little engagement. The researchers focused on language processing regions…
A team of neuroscientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have used an artificial language network to identify the type of sentences that activate the brain's critical language processing centres. The team learned that more complex sentences, which feature unusual grammar or unexpected meanings, generate strong responses from these centres, while straightforward sentences barely…
A ground-breaking method to give animators more control over their work has been introduced by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, represented in a paper by Ana Dodik, the lead author. The technique relies on generating mathematical functions known as 'barycentric coordinates,' which guide how 2D and 3D shapes bend, stretch, and move throughout…
Using an artificial language network, neuroscientists from MIT have identified the type of sentences that most effectively activate the human brain's language processing centres. Their findings, published in Nature Human Behavior, show that the most stimulating sentences are those which are complex due to uncommon words or grammar, or unexpected meanings. Simplistic sentences or nonsensical…
For almost ten years, researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have conducted studies to understand why some images are more memorable than others. The team used magnetoencephalography (MEG), which records timing of brain activity, and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), which identifies active brain regions, to discern when and where in…