Hello again,
Since the theme of this thread is artwork, creativity, and artificial humans, I thought I'd mention a discovery I made a few weeks ago (that has been taking up my scarce "free time")!
At a website called
www.daz3d.com, they're giving away a product called Daz Studio, which is a 3d human-modeling program similar to Poser. Because Poser sells for hundreds of dollars, and Daz Studio is free, I downloaded the darn thing, and I'm hooked!
The program includes the ability to export animation sequences, either as discrete frames or AVI movies. So, I'm thinking that I may eventually be able to figure out how to make my own MS Agent characters to run on Ultra Hal!
(Of course, the exported frames will have to have some kind of "greenscreen" or "bluescreen" background to be used as the "transparent" color, and be imported into Microsoft's free MS Agent editor program, and I'm guessing it's a tedious, labor-intensive process... but possible.)
Anyway, I thought I'd pass this along. It's always interesting to run across something that potentially enhances Ultra Hal.
Take care and have fun!
Best regards,
Don