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Virtual avatars learned cartwheels and other stunts from videos of people

Cartoons learn moves through a computer program that improves on traditional motion capture technology

cartwheel videoframes

AVATAR SEE, AVATAR DO  In a new computer program, virtual characters learned full-body motions, like cartwheels, by watching YouTube videos.

Xue Bin Peng/University of California, Berkeley

By Maria Temming

- More than 2 years ago

Animated characters can learn from online tutorials, too.

A new computer program teaches virtual avatars new skills, such as dances, acrobatic stunts and martial art moves, from YouTube videos.