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- Tencent has unveiled a new AI tool at Devcom, aiming to accelerate gaming art design and animation production from days to minutes.
- The tool is a game development suite that automates tedious tasks while preserving creative vision.
- VisVise tools have been used in developing over 90 Tencent franchise games.
Since the AI boom began last year, many experts have anticipated large-scale changes, some good, some bad, that are inevitably affecting the gaming scene. Now, it appears that Tencent has already cooked up something that may change the industry forever.
Tencent Games executive Zijiao Zeng delivered a keynote at Devcom to reveal a new AI tool, VisVise, which aims to accelerate gaming art design and animation production from a matter of months and days to mere minutes.
And it plans to automate tedious tasks without relying on human creativity and ingenuity.
Why it matters: VisVise is aiming to reshape how developers approach game development. This may result in even indie developers creating massive AAA experiences at a fraction of the current cost and time to compete with AAA gaming studios.
As announced, the tool comes with two core technologies, VISVISE GoSkinning and MotionBlink. GoSkinning uses an AI model to adapt to different skeletal structures, achieving 85% automation in the process.
VISVISE fundamentally reshapes how we approach animation. It liberates us from technical execution to focus purely on creative vision.
-A german game artist.
Meanwhile, MotionBlink affects the animation production pipeline and uses a self-regressive diffusion architecture to generate keyframes rapidly. The skeletal animations can be produced in just 10 seconds, rather than days.
It produces smooth motion transitions that rival optical motion capture while eliminating notable issues like foot sliding and jitter.
It’s worth noting that Tencent has already applied the new ViseVise technologies in over 90 games under its umbrella across different franchises.
Do you think the new AI tool announced by Tencent will shake the game development space, or will it prove to be another novelty for gaming studios? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below, or join the discussion on the Tech4Gamers forum.
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Shameer Sarfaraz has previously worked for eXputer as a Senior News Writer for several years. Now with Tech4Gamers, he loves to devoutly keep up with the latest gaming and entertainment industries. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science and years of experience reporting on games. Besides his passion for breaking news stories, Shahmeer loves spending his leisure time farming away in Stardew Valley. VGC, IGN, GameSpot, Game Rant, TheGamer, GamingBolt, The Verge, NME, Metro, Dot Esports, GameByte, Kotaku Australia, PC Gamer, and more have cited his articles.
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