6 votes

Meet Sparkles

3 comments

  1. oliak
    Link
    SO the murderous robot that will chase you down in the near apocalyptic future will be furry and shiny. Grrrrreeeeaaaaaat.

    SO the murderous robot that will chase you down in the near apocalyptic future will be furry and shiny. Grrrrreeeeaaaaaat.

    7 votes
  2. g33kphr33k
    Link
    At least we know that they won't have to use CGI for robotic dogs and such in films for much longer. Oh no! Disney animatronics is going to go crazy with this in the near future, isn't it? Disney...

    At least we know that they won't have to use CGI for robotic dogs and such in films for much longer.

    Oh no! Disney animatronics is going to go crazy with this in the near future, isn't it? Disney Robotics instead. It could lead to some awesome ride experiences a decade from now.

    3 votes
  3. sparkle
    Link
    I swear I'm not a robot dog... Really more of a cat robot Jokes aside, I guess I had an expectation based on the smoothness of the dance that the software to create such smooth transitions would...

    I swear I'm not a robot dog... Really more of a cat robot

    Jokes aside, I guess I had an expectation based on the smoothness of the dance that the software to create such smooth transitions would be highly sophisticated but the glimpses of the UI in the BD article are surprisingly lacking. It IS an internal tool after all, so I shouldn't have expected much, which really just makes the movement that much more impressive to me.

    2 votes