Tokyo Gentleman Story

Chapter 1694: I have foreign aid.JPG

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Time has entered the middle of May.

Qianjia and Alice both agreed with the new equipment.

Especially the second kind of somatosensory equipment that is not oriented towards general consumers.

This kind of somatosensory device can be used for anchors or arcade machines.

But they showed little interest in what virtual anchor Senxia proposed.

Alice seems to think that it might be interesting to be an adult, but Morika said that although gentlemen sell meat, gentlemen are not just selling meat.

As a result, Morinia focused on what he wanted to start, but nobody cared anymore.

Oh, yes, everyone is still more interested in somatosensory handles, but there is also a question here, that is, should you continue to follow the current classic handle route or take the route of somatosensory handles for the new generation of machines. Tangled.

On the one hand, the somatosensory handle is really interesting and can play a lot of somatosensory games. But on the other hand, the feel of the XBOX handle is the world's top, and it is said that it is the second in the world, so no one said that its own feel is the first in the world.

But fish and bear's paw cannot have both. How to choose between these two handles is still quite troublesome.

off day.

Senxia left Xiyan today and was at home alone.

Not long after, a sneaky figure wearing a hood and sunglasses came to Senxia's door and knocked on the door to come in.

"Welcome... As for this?" Senxia was amused when she saw the other party's dress.

"Let me go in first!"

The figure got into the room, and he was relieved.

She took off her sunglasses, revealing those rare purple eyes.

"Huh... It's so hot."

After all, it's already May, so it's strange that the weather is not hot.

The girl sighed in relief.

"It's more conspicuous on the street recently, and I can't help it. I just wanted to be a voice actor..." The girl sighed.

"Well, it's hard work." Senxia quickly turned on the air conditioner, and then handed him a glass of cold water.

She is Amamiya Ayana, a member of the Nanana group.

Although he dreams of becoming a seiyuu, for some reason, he is very good at programming.

She was the one to solve the previous optimization problem of somatosensory equipment.

And she was also the support that Morinka invited over.

Yes, Qianjia and Alice are not optimistic about Morika. Although Lihua is an assistant, her silent attitude is also obvious.

it's fine.

Senxia also has foreign aid.

However, it is not easy for Ayana to come here once, because Ayana is now a high-profile idol, and if she is recognized on the road, it would be very bad.

Fortunately, nothing happened.

"What about the information? Let me take a look." Ayana said to Morika after resting for a while.

Senxia was still stunned.

Then Ayana said: "Don't worry, it's not just the code, if it's 3D modeling itself, I also recently learned about it."

Just as Lihua's ability at the game level is very foul, Ayana also has a strong grasp of the program.

No, this ability seems to have reached a certain degree of metaphysics. After Ayana saw a certain error, she was able to quickly pinpoint the source of the problem and deal with it in minutes. While other programmers were still looking at the code in a daze, Ayana had already done it.

And the most powerful and most powerful is that Ayana's code looks very pleasing to the eye, and all the definitions and possibly more complicated places, she will write comments, sometimes a programmer maintains Ayana's code, or even It is more efficient than maintaining the code written by yourself.

"Don't take a break?" Senxia asked.

"I have just taken a break. And I'm doing things when I come here." Ayana is quite resolute.

"Oh, good." Morinka nodded, and then led Ayana into the study. "The information is here."

"Well, let me take a look first. I'll help you think about it after the algorithm problem."

After Ayana finished speaking, she sat in Morinka's seat.

Senxia sighed secretly.

Working on algorithms and writing code are two completely different things.

The former is sometimes closer to mathematical problems, while the latter is a programmer's mastery of language and logic.

Normally Morinatsu didn't think that Ayana had too prominent performance in these aspects, but she was so strong.

However, Morinatsu really needs Ayana's help.

Because algorithms are not easy to do, let alone Ayana is actually a voice actress and idol every day. Although Ayana herself once claimed that her business hobby is computers, Morinatsu thinks it is quite mysterious.

Because the computer is everything. A so-called "computer hobby" can be divided into many categories.

This concept is equivalent to someone saying that he likes to play games. You think he likes hard-core games like "Sekiro", but he tells you that he likes to play Lianliankan on his mobile phone-it doesn’t. Discuss together!

Of course, Morinatsu also has a certain degree of confidence, otherwise he wouldn't be able to invite Ayana over. Because Ayana was indeed helping the Order of the Phoenix solve a big problem in this regard.

Now Morinka’s third set of virtual idols, if you really want to do a good job, Ayana is a foreign aid, it’s definitely indispensable.

Especially when Morika discovered that in front of Ayana, the Order of the Phoenix didn't even have a fight...

Of course, this is not to say that Morinka's technology is not good, it is that Ayana's side is too over-spec.

Morinka's technology is still very strong.

For example, the motion capture technology that needs to be developed and produced for virtual idols is actually very powerful here. From cheap to complex, they all have a series of equipment.

The simplest equipment can be completed with only one camera. Now even many small butter companies use this cheap solution.

Of course, if it is more professional, it is much more complicated.

For example, the current highest level and core motion capture on Morinka requires 64 advanced cameras to simultaneously record the actors’ body movements and face changes. Each motion capture actor will be equipped with three guides, one person responsible System shooting, one person is responsible for checking to ensure that the best action is captured.

Of course, this is the most complicated time.

And if it's in a normal game, it's relatively simple. Especially in some games with three renderings and two, the character lines are relatively simple, the production of motion capture is mainly body movements, and facial expressions are easier, so fewer equipment and hands are needed.

Of course, there are also those that require higher levels and higher precision.

Take Hollywood.

After Morinka expanded his Hollywood business, facial expression technology was also applied on a large scale. In the face capture here, thirty-two cameras are used to capture the facial expression changes. Each of the two cameras captures a part of the human face, then the sixteen images are combined, and finally edited into a 3D model.

This is not a simple task, and even this is not a job that an ordinary computer can complete. It requires a large number of server clusters and even supercomputers.

"Would you like something to drink?" Morika looked at Ayana who was reading the documents carefully, and asked.

"Black tea, remember to put sugar." Ayana didn't look up.

"it is good."

The tea set is available in the study, so it's very convenient to make tea.

"I really don't understand, why do you have to use real people to capture. Since real people are used to do the performance, then it is enough to use real people directly. Why do we have to use 3D?" Ayana curled her lips. If so, manual adjustment will be more convenient."

"Do you know the Uncanny Valley theory?" Morinatsu helped Ayana make a cup of black tea and put it in front of her.

"I think I have heard it." Ayana said, "Yes, it was the time of the...Ghost in the Shell movie."

"This concept was proposed by Professor Masahiro Mori. Simply put, it is a robot. The closer it is to humans, the more people will love it, but when this closeness reaches a threshold, people will become more and more Fear, but when the simulation of the doll continues to improve, this terror will turn into a love again. And this range of fear is the so-called'fear valley'."

Senxia also picked up black tea. While savoring the fragrance of black tea, he said: "When the similarity between robots and humans is more than 95%, even if there are subtle differences, it will be particularly dazzling. And the performance in the game. It is these characters themselves that will become a terrifying existence. The key to solving this problem is facial capture."

Morika said: “When we first started to capture faces, there were actually many problems that bothered us. For example, the accuracy of our camera was not enough at the beginning, so there are many areas that cannot be normally marked, especially the corners of the eyes. The movements of the pupil, the pupil and the tongue are difficult to achieve. In this part, we initially adjusted it by manual correction, but this approach can only be said to be a remedy relatively speaking, and the effect can only be said to be unsatisfactory."

"So at that time, most of the techniques we used were three-to-two. Because the modeling, facial contours and lines of this type of character were much simpler than real people."

——Sinxia first used three renderings to two. On the one hand, it was in line with the aesthetics. On the other hand, as Morinya said, this was actually a technical limitation on their own side, which made Morinya and the others only look for another one. Ways to circumvent.

And the best way to avoid this is naturally to use less real faces.

Not to mention, this effect is quite good. The interactive movie on Morinha's side can be promoted. This "crafty" action really helped a lot.

"But later, we upgraded the hardware equipment. With the help of Alice, we bought a professional digital camera. With this camera for shooting, you can get higher-precision expressions. This method can better give virtual The character’s soul and vitality allow it to cross the uncanny valley-this is why we now dare to take over the Hollywood special effects business."

"In addition, images can also provide material information, which is not available with traditional motion capture methods, and is our advantage."

——The method Morinya said is actually the solution used by another world line of "Mind Killer".

The advantages of this solution are obvious. It can not only track actions, but also show how the texture of the skin changes accordingly.

In addition, this technology can also be applied to animals in addition to human images-just match the actor's end expression to the corresponding 3D model.

In another world line, many animals and monsters also need motion capture, in fact, part of the reason is because of this.

Morinia's new technology has brought them many advantages.

In the past, according to the character design of the game/movie, and the character's body characteristics, it was necessary to choose a close motion capture actor, or customize the former according to the latter. With Morinka's technique, the role can be adjusted regardless of the actor's height, body shape, or age.

This is one of the secrets that Senxia can come up with cheaply-because it greatly reduces the barriers to entry.

Of course, this approach also has its flaws, that is, if it is not a perfect match, expressions and the like are actually quite easy to get out of shape sometimes...

"Hi, hi. Your advantage is great, I know..." Ayana muttered, while continuing to look at the information.

These materials are all very important things that Morinata brought here, but when Ayana looked at it, she looked disgusted, which made Morinya feel a little uncomfortable here.

"Well, it seems that the work I have to do is quite big..." she muttered.

"Uh...hehehe..." At this time I don't know how to face you, so I just have to smile, Ayana...

After a while.

Ayana finally put down the mouse at this time.

"Well, real-time capture of virtual characters is not impossible, but with multi-camera coordination... and I may be just an ordinary voice actor..."

After all, it is not more than ten years later. Some technical problems cannot rely on simple algorithms and abundant computing resources.

What's more, Morinka hopes that her virtual idol will be more formal and more like an "idol".

For this, Ayana agrees.

Idols are not so easy to do.

Even a virtual idol ~www.readwn.com~ can't do it!

This is an inspiration to become a seiyuu, but now he is a programmer idol.

It is precisely because I know that idols are hard work, so in Ayana's view, this matter must not be perfunctory.