Taming the swarm: rippers on pacific rim uprising

ABSTRACT

When constructing shots of non-human crowds that exhibit complex behaviors, the standard approach based on the well-established rules of boid simulation is likely to fall short when used for a group of characters with "intent". In Pacific Rim Uprising, Double Negative VFX tackled the challenge of producing a large crowd of highly articulated robotic creatures performing the complex and coordinated task of "assembling" a mega-Kaiju. This task required a number of innovative approaches to both crowd authoring and rendering, and close collaboration between the RnD and artists.

Index Terms

• Computing methodologies

  • Computer graphics

    • Animation

      • Procedural animation

    • Shape modeling

      • Mesh geometry models