GDC 2016 - Motion Matching, The Future of Games Animation... Today
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- Game animation has come into its own in recent years, forcing animators to wield a unique blend of art, design and technical prowess.
From GDC 2016's Animation Bootcamp.
Ubisoft is always looking to innovate especially in the field of animation, with time consuming data creation, lengthy implementation and the rising costs of high quality character animation it became necessary to find a smarter solution to creating animation for our games.
Our mandate was to improve on all these areas whilst maintaining high quality animation without having to compromise on player control, look and feel. I will highlight the animation challenges of working with this new approach and the advantages… as well as disadvantages it can bring.
Ubisoft Toronto has been at the forefront of this Animation Technology and this presentation will talk about the animator’s role in the creative side as well as the practical side of Motion Matching, how implementation has been accelerated, what it can do and how it frees up the animator to focus on quality and variety of animation styles without the significant burden of implementation.
The takeaway from this presentation is to show how Ubisoft Toronto is attempting to find innovative and more efficient ways of pushing realism within games animation, to allow for faster prototyping and providing us with the ability to add large volumes of animation data.
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Feels like some of this tech has been implemented in The Last of Us Part II. Curious to find out more...
Joel Thamert yep... for sure. Their execution of the technique is flawless, happy to of been an inspiration
I think its already in use in For Honor?
DeMZIrus both Ubisoft we developed it with them
Joel Thamert OG STATUS
th-cam.com/video/4i1WCW3B0x8/w-d-xo.html yeap
this is so good ... being an animator that comes from early days of mocap at Acclaim way back when we had to get it into 3ds r4 DOS, it is so nice to see how far it has come
This is used now in like every Ubisoft game, also supported in UE5. Dude created something absolutely amazing.
blur was such fun with friends !!! Im sure it still fun to this day
This is a huge advancenment in videogame tech, you are a genius.
This is some awesome stuff, great work. As a student animator (albeit very green) the content you upload is very inspiring. Thanks for this man!
Chrome Ethesia thanks, glad you are appreciating it! :)
Gorgeous animations are №1 reason I play Ubisoft games, at least Assassin's Creed ones. №2 is artistic design (NOT raw "graphics" such as model/texture size or overblown effects). If only their writing and gameplay could compare… -_- I wish for PlatinumGames to get such budgets and tech.
1 month for The Last Of Us Part 2 and see the results of this technology implemented by Naughty Dog.
The Last of Us 2 implemented this technique absolutely flawlessly. The animation, ironically, is unmatched as of today in how dynamic and fluid it is. At least a quarter of that games size has to be just animation files I swear
The weight of it all if very impressive. Everything feels sufficiently realistic while not sacrificing responsiveness at all. I’m no animation buff, but that game just has me obsessed.
@@gleam6370 He means locomotion is being done by motion matching. Which makes sense because that is where it really shines.
@@Navhkrin that was 3 years ago lmao
Brilliant work ❤
For Honor has to have the smoothest animation I've ever seen in a video game - it's a genuine pleasure to play. To be able to see the way it was done is fantastic to say the least. Very much looking forward to your future work!
You're blind? Actually it's pre-recorded and unrealistic.
God damn i read that with Patrick Bateman voice...
@@f1amezof Even when motion matching, "pre-recorded" animations are used and blended between to show the motion... I don't understand why them being "pre-recorded" is a bad thing... All animations are pre-recorded and altered to work in the game, that just how motion capture works. If you think they looks unrealistic, that is your opinion, I have not really played For Honor so idk myself. But saying they are "pre-recorded" just makes you sound stupid.
@@f1amezof every animation is pre recorded dude.Even gta also.Only ragdoll can be dynamic which is basically happens after death.
I saw this at your talk at Teesside, it was super interesting thank you.
TheBeardMachine you're welcome thanks for coming
My question is, what has happened Since this. It's been three years now. Has this gotten better since then?
It is very greatly implemented and very refined and polish on the last of us part 2
Interesting to see Unity showcasing their own version of this just the other day...
Dave Kite the person that did that you’ll notice is the same person that worked on it with me (Michael Buttner)
Very cool - It's great to see this moving into the mainstream. I was a game developer when Euphoria procedural engine came out (GTA IV)) - at the time I remember thinking how this would just take over animation in games (with AI, possibly allowing animators to add stylised control') - It's fascinating to see how AI can be used with masses of mocap data (plus the IK rig type setups - when I think of the issues we had even applying motions to character of a different height!).
I'm kind of wondering if this tech could be used with procedural and AI. ie Loads of motion data created procedurally, then styled with AI control (eg animator says to make it for a an old man with a limp - or creates a motion that can have it's essence applied to all motion sets) - i.e. no need for masses of mocap (other than perhaps some 'control moves') - 'hope that all makes sense - lol... might be over commenting here :-D
@@davekite5690 yeah! Very interesting premises indeed. Would love to know where we stand today with this tech.
wow, this is a huge step forward, i'm very curious about what can be achieved with this tech. Brilliant idea.
wait so this is the technology that was used in the last of us 2 to create the impact animation when ellie slammed against the car when she was dodging ?
Yea
the weird thing behind all this great stuff u make
is why you only have 360 subscribers ?!
there is a idiot guys on youtube who doing stupid stuff and getting more then 50 millions sub and a smart maker like u getting only 360
i'm just curious if this account are real or fake , u have to ask youtube for the "check mark" , so we can confirm . and behind all that
the whole work i seen on this videos you share are great spsly the splinter cell making process i'm a big fan of splinter cell style .
thank you for sharing this knowledge . big hi and big like for the real "Kristjan Zadziuk"
Djo Tiger thanks, this account is definitely real, just not publicised that much. If I keep creating quality content hopefully subs and views will follow
I want to take a look on the code!
Man I just want to say that your work on Blacklist was UNREAL...
Please tell me another Splinter Cell is on the way.....
Man, the stuff in Blacklist and Unity animation-wise is incredible, cannot wait for future Ubi AAA releases. Also really curious if the rumors about AC Egypt being inspired by Witcher 3 in meaningful quest structure will prove true...hopefully so.
Is this tech even possible to do in fighting games /beat 'em ups? I recently played Tekken 7 and felt there was something less satisfying to called it the sequel of their previous gen iteration, and then after saw this I think this was the answer to that things where each frame in fighting games can be blended
FGC players don't like it because it would be too many frames
It would be so great to see such a system in fifa games as currently moves of the players are so weird and unnatural
and now is in the new PES... or should I say eFootball game
HOLY MOTHER. Thats great stuff!!!!!!! Is there a way that we can get in touch with some of your animations?? Im a programmer and an animation enthusiast. I'd love to get some study stuff and all i have to my projetcs is Mixamo's animations witch is not THAAAAAT good for some real AAA content. Sorry for the bad english, btw you guys rock!
Thanks... but this is all property of Ubisoft so there is no way to share these animations, we are fine giving you the behind the scenes process but not the assets.
=C Thanks anyway. Keep the good work up and i will be glad to see more videos from your work! =D
Oh god, ive seen this vídeo 5x in a row lol. Can you explain to how I can speak with the animations based on future positions. This will help me a lot to understand how I can implement this in-game. For the animations I Will mocap them all in a Mocap Studio here in my College. Soon I Will try to post the progress 😀
Too bad not everyone has gotten the memo yet, looking at games like Wayfinder or Palia, they would benefit aaa lot by this. Every game would
The animations reminded me of Assassins Creed, ive played Black Flag recently and it looks very similar, specially in the "interactive loading screens".
Also...he remimds me of Andy Serkis
Why ubisoft not using this future for their other games ?
Fantastic! Thanks for posting this!
Alexander Battaglia you're welcome hope you find it useful
20:21 School nostolgia
That robot model tho! Where is it from? Can we possibly use it for our games?
very well designed presentation. most people in this field do not handle ppt as well!
Nice talk: interesting, very well presented and organized. Great job!
Wow! Interesting comment!
The video is pretty old but always very inspiring ! Where do you work now? I used to work with Morpheme, Endorphin, Quantic Dream's techno (which is pretty nice even if we don't see many gameplay in their game) and now Ubisoft techno's...I have a thousand questions about your work ! it would be so so nice to have a discussion with you. How does the system work with Foot IK? Can the system recognize Right Foot and Left Foot ? Is it possible to use it for NPC and ask them to arrive at a destination on the right foot? Is prediction system compatible with that? And a lot more...Nice work, keep up the good work ! Thanks for that
I left Ubisoft last year to pursue a different challenge, I now work for a company back in the UK called Lucid Games, we're doing some pretty exciting stuff (Nothing to do with the previous portfolio) unfortunately I a not currently using Motion Matching as it didn't suit the projects needs.
@@KristjanZadziuk thanks for the quick answer ! Good luck with your new job, nice if you have great opportunities to express yourself in technical challenges :) Have a nice day
Hi, I know it is an old commentary but I found very interesting.
I also have used Endorphin and learn a little about morpheme (as amateur)
It would be so nice to have a discussion with you.
Thanks
The Last of Us Part 2?
exactly , this is the technology they used
I came here cuz of it
Not an animator. Still find it stunning.
K, I know this was released a few years ago, but I kinda wanna try this. Sadly, I'm on my own, and I don't have a mocap suit. I do have Blender, though. What do the animation assets actually look like in this setup? Like, do you have them all in the same timeline with short breaks? Where do the tags go? Does it work in Blender/UE4? Lots of questions, I know... I'm still pretty new to a lot of this stuff (7 months now). If it's too much to describe in a TH-cam comment, maybe you know where I can read up on this?
2024年的我還不理解2016年的技術，太瘋狂了
Is this not similar to something like Euphoria used in Rockstar titles?
3 Dollars and 50 Cents Euphoria is a engine for phisics that is far the animation.
I have a question:
Motion Matching is a brute force way to find the best animation to play, based on current frame vs desired destination. To select an animation to play, a code need to Loop over all frames of a single large animation that contains all animations of the character. So the code needs to find the best frame to start to play based on the desired position over the current position/animation/velocity. Right?
Renan Macedo th-cam.com/video/4pdcA3mhe0E/w-d-xo.html
ahahahaha im very happy right now! Ive been working and trying to find a solution to aproach Motion Matching in Unity and yesterday was a big day for me! I'm VERY exited to get my hands on Kinematica! When i first seen the announcment, i remembered of you @Kristjan, have u been working with MM til today?
Hello Mr. Zadziuk, I have a question, based on the dance cards, you recorded the strafe movement in 8 directions. How do you manage the movement in strafe for the missing angles? I mean, you have in the system the mocap data with forward, 45 and 90 degrees, how do you handle the player movement in lets say 75 degrees?
Wow...how can anyone learn all these stuff, it is difficult...too difficult...
its a OPen GL technology ? or only Ubisoft can use it ?
Seb16120 this particular version is only available to Ubisoft currently
hahah 10%+30%+80% is 100% according to this guy
can I ask what game engine are u using if ur making a game wait are u?
What happened to to this? Obviously didn't really change the game like folks thought it would?
What's the drawbacks with it?
Dope asf.
starfield ? tes 6 ?
probably not
TLOU2
So there is no future of animators after a motion matching technology?
Hamza Asad you haven’t understood the video if that is what you think... the craft of animators and animation will always have value, but what is the point in reanimating a walk or run cycle with starts, stops and turns for a realistic game if all you are doing is editing mocap data. The craft of animation can be better utilised in video games in other areas
@@KristjanZadziuk You are right Kristjan, I have just a question because in my point of view maybe I'm wrong after that kind of technology gameplay animators couldn't earn money in this field more.
@@47humza animators are still needed for "surreal" animation(like dante's stunts) and combat animations, since motion matching is more focused on movement rather than combat/interaction
Really impressive stuff here
So how does this work with IK Rig?
Mårten Woxberg if IK Rig was real instead of Max renders, yeah it would
So what happened to IK Rig?
Mårten Woxberg Its creator made very good Max renders (wasn’t honest about that publicly... we did warn him he should be) lost the confidence of the team and couldn’t follow it through in practice
meanwhile ONE guy did this and got out a game called Overgrowth and it looks and feel hundred times better, it the ai fish from call of duty all over again but with Ubisoft
Very naive comment... I've seen Overgrowth and it's completely different... it's impressive for what it is... try shipping a AAA game with that...