Short film "All Nighter" using animation made with Kinect

The other day,The Canadian medical team has adopted the Xbox 360 motion controller "Kinect" at the surgical siteAlthough I tell you, this time, a short film "All Nighter" using the animation character created by Kinect was made.

By placing characters that traced human movements using Kinect on a real landscape taken separately, a simple story is formed in which characters and animation characters interact with each other.

The state of reproduction and making of short film is from the following.Short Film Uses Kinect To Create An Animated Character | The Creators Project

The movie below is the film "All Nighter" produced this time. 3D animation software"Maya"We incorporate the motion in Kinect into 3D animation which we built using. This short film is a film festival of Australia"Lights! Canberra! Action!"It is said that it was produced in compliance with the regulation that the production period is within 10 days in order to exhibit.

YouTube - "All Nighter" - feat. Kinect & amp; Maya motion capture


If you check your e-mail at home, you will receive a reminder e-mail "Please bring your animation to the desk by 9 o'clock tomorrow.


It is past 9 o'clock at the moment.


I will decide my resolution.


Prepare snacks and red bulls.


I will start making Bali Bali.


The character of this animation was made with Kinect. The whole body joint is reproduced with real movement.


Finally completed.


If I notice it, the outside is already bright.


The time is at 7 am.


Burn the data to DVD.


However, I fell asleep on the way I burned the DVD.


A character just looking at it and just finished.


And escape from the room.


I will go on the road.


Buy coffee at the cafe.


Passing in front of the cat. It is real that the cat is gazing at eyes.


I came back to the creator 's desk.


And I will push the coffee cup.


Creators who are surprised and wake up.


Grab the baked DVD and jump out of the room.


The figure of the character sitting tired was displayed on the screen of the PC.


This is the end of short film main body. You can see the making image such as the scene which actually traces the movement with Kinect with Endrol, but you can see that the movement is reproduced fairly faithfully.


Rather it may have been difficult to let the coffee cup pass through without being defeated by a cat.