MIT Schwarzman College of Computing

Researchers from MIT have developed a new technique that could offer artists greater control over animations. This new method utilizes barycentric coordinates, mathematical functions that dictate how 2D and 3D shapes can bend, stretch and move. Significantly, this technique gives animators the flexibility to define their preferred 'smoothness energies' that best suits their artistic vision. Presently,…

Researchers at MIT have developed a new method that allows animators to have more control over their creations. Using mathematical functions called barycentric coordinates, they can now better control how 2D and 3D shapes stretch, move, and bend. Unlike traditional methods that only offered limited options for animation, this new method provides animators a level…

A new technique introduced by MIT researchers promises artists greater control over the animations of heroes and villains in animated movies and video games. The method generates barycentric coordinates - mathematical functions that define how 2D and 3D shapes can move, bend, and stretch in space. This allows an artist to shape the motion of…

Researchers at MIT have developed a technique that could allow animators to have greater control over their characters. The method uses mathematical functions known as barycentric coordinates, which define how 2D and 3D shapes can bend, stretch, and move through space. This technique could provide artists with more flexibility in their animations, unlike previous techniques…

An innovative technique introduced by MIT researchers could offer greater control to artists who create animations for films and video games. The researchers' method revolves around generating mathematical functions known as barycentric coordinates. These coordinates determine how 2D and 3D shapes can stretch, bend and move in space. This new technique is distinctive in its…