@Ivan Reese
Thank you!
Hmm, so I think that I get some of it, yet am left wondering about other parts. What I think I see is:
1) characters are animated with active nodes ; active nodes are like Actors
2) there are 2 Forces at work (a) the Force of Gravity, and, (b) the Force of Intention (funny, they didn’t teach me about that one in Physics class)
3) like with any graphic-y thing, the more nodes you have, the more realistic it looks (probably related in some way to the Nyquist Theorem)
I am left wondering about (1) how/what determines the “ideal” grab point? and, (2) what is this AI thing that they keep waving around like a magic wand? (as soon as you understand how it works, it stops being AI).
Is this stuff being used in robotics? Children’s toys? (A swarm of hungry drones playing tag with a 5yo).