Simon Alexanderson, Co-Founder of Motorica AI: Teaching Computers to Dance and new Ways of Creating 3D Charakters

Show notes

“There are still a lot of challenges left, especially when it comes to these emotional parts, I think much of it is about directing the AI in a natural way” - Simon Alexanderson is an acclaimed researcher at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and also Co-Founder of Motorica AI. His current project "MoGen" has just won an AUREA Award and is considered by experts to be a revolutionary AI technology for motion-based 3D animations. Podcast host Marcus Ernst, one of the Emotioneers from MACK One, takes you on an exciting journey into the world beyond: How will AI affect the creative industry? What exactly makes it so complicated to make an AI created character dance to the beat of music or gesturing in sync with speech? And what would Star Wars or Jurassic Park look like if this technology had already existed back then? Simon provides answers: „Our current technology allows users to quickly generate high-quality locomotion mixing between more than 150 styles“. Discover the magic of AI generated ultra realistic moving 3D characters in this episode!

A MACK One Original Podcast.