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AI Breakthrough Makes 3D Models Move: New System Adds Animation Controls Without Templates

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Overview

  • Introduces RigAnything, an AI system that automatically adds animation controls to 3D models
  • Creates custom rigging without predefined templates
  • Works on diverse 3D shapes including humans, animals, and objects
  • Generates both skeleton structure and skin weights
  • Uses transformer-based architecture to predict joints sequentially

Plain English Explanation

RigAnything acts like a digital puppeteer, adding control points to 3D models so they can be animated. Think of it as adding invisible strings to a puppet - these strings (called jo...

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