massforge - Profile (original) (raw)
on 29 March 2005 (#6622247)
3-D intelligent agent simulation and computer animation
MASSFORGE is the working name for the open-source core of a full-featured artificial life and intelligent agents-based multi-character animation system.
This core will be written in C and C++ with OpenGL, with intelligent agent and decision modeling aspect performed by the Bayesian Network tools in Java (BNJ) library or a C++ version of it.
Besides the core, our team is developing a closed-source reuse library of character models and agents called (free for noncommercial use) called Kansas Agents-Based Animation Library (KABAL) and possibly one or more commercialized front-end applications known collectively as Bundle of Intelligent Tools for Simultaneous Interaction (BITSI).
The first public demos of Massforge system components were posted to YouTube on 13 Dec 2007.
If you are interested in the project, please feel free to contact banazir[AT]gmail.com.
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