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Zabaware Forums => Ultra Hal Assistant File Sharing Area => Topic started by: wgb14 on October 01, 2009, 02:03:43 am
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Hi all,
Finally we can all enjoy a fully-flesh character in our projects. By fully flesh I don't mean the toy-characters people share for free, but a character with the following characteristics.
Note: The technology that you will get is NOT possible to implemented in any of the avatar communities (Second Life, etc). SL is still very young to support this. The primary use of this work should be for serious AI projects. But if you want t o just have fun with it, feel free to it. 100 Euros is a price that EVERYONE can afford.
1) 2000 animations that cover almost every project needs.
2) Dynamic clothes pants, top and shoes. Character clothes are separate models animated to flow naturally with every character movements (even walking). Clothes have more than 2000 animations to achieve that. Animations and clothe took more than a year to complete.
3) Several textures for both top and pants.
4) A tool inspired by the design of Talos (an authoring tool for Virtual Humans) that allows automatic creation of Haptek scripts.
The Talos script parser as I call it, features the following:
a) Automatic creation of script ready to be executed by the Haptek engine. For example, Talos will convert the following text into a script that accurately animates the character, top, pants and shoes in sync with the text:
(open_tag) BOOKMARK mark=‘anim,suggest’ (close_tag) Can I suggest you to have a look on wall (open_tag)BOOKMARK mark=‘anim,show_sea’(close_tag) that goes down the bold cliff and towards the sea?
Note: Open_tag and close_tag stand for the standard opening and closing tags. For some reason I can not display them here, correctly.
b) Accurate extraction of tags from already tagged texts. These tags (shown above in red) can easily be used in Talos to tag texts in any language.
c) Single/batch conversion of any text to .ogg format (the sound format used by the Haptek engine).
d) Ability to use SAPI 5.0 compatible tags in your texts. Usage of Loquendo compatible tags is also possible. These tags add realistic effects (e.g., sneezing, laughter) to Loquendo TTS voices (e.g., (http://tts.loquendo.com/ttsdemo/default.asp?page=id&language=en) but work only with the Loquendo voices.
e) Limited automatic tagging of texts. A script parser allows you to automatically and accurately tag a given text. Currently works only with a limited set of texts, but I am working hard to extend it.
If you want to use the character in your projects please email me at: virtual.guide.systems at googlemail.com
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Sounds good but is there anywhere to see it???
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I agree, looks good.
Show me an animation or high-def picture that demonstrates your products abilities and you might get a customer.
[:)]
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Ok, you have stated that all the free efforts of the character artists here are sub par. I might as well be saying that my characters can magically make you cool. Let's see the goods.
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hello wgb14 , what you are talking about sounds very interesting and as others have said most would be customers and use such a program with hal but we all do need to see the product working and graphics first do you have a website link , etc. although we don't like spammers if this is a real product which does sound interesting i beleive many would be interested in purchaseing it but we do need to see it first to decide on it , thanks hope to hear from you soon with a link and more info.
[:)][:D][8D]
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Hi
Apologies for not replying back... I am very busy!!! I will make a video soon and upload it to youtube. The product is REAL and it works 100%. In the past few days I was working on adding a cleaning feature in the script parser I have created for this product. The idea is to produce large scripts (maximim 9 minutes long) with 100% accuracy. I will let you know more details soon
BTW here is my blog for more details
http://virtual-guide-systems.blogspot.com/2009/09/research-and-development-of-virtual_5169.html
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Where can we see this project? I will upload a video to you tube showing how this is done. I have added the project to the script parser.
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Finally, we can all enjoy a claim to something or other. I have a magic elixir that makes you crap gold. Wanna see? Updates pending...
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hey Ooglor 7 can i have some of that elixer lol i wouldn't mind selling fertalizer if gold prices are up lol ![:)][:D][:p]
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Hi
I am not making just claims. The character is real and its working perfectly. I will post some videos soon once I complete my experimental work. The character currently reads from a database of 1000 scripts that I created and perfectly timed with the toolkit. The toolkit can be adapted to work with many character engines, the only problem is that I have't found one that can be compared to Haptek yet.
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Hi
Have a look here
http://virtual-guide-systems.blogspot.com/
The character is real. If anybody wants it just email me
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hello wgb14 , am i understanding you right? so this is a program that you actually have working and will work with hal ?? i see at the end of that page link it said the character was looking the direction of your face does she also look else where but will always see where you are and look in another direction to find you if you have moved ? yes you said if anyone wants it email you but we need an e mail first the emails on this site dont work so please give an off site email address please . [:)]
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what i have always said and will always say is i would love to see someone incorporate poser bodies into this hal system or into the hapteck which works through hal .
posers have the most realistic (that i have seen ) body textures and clothes that drap on the body etc.
just a system that would allow others to be able to use posers stuff !![:)]
its time we were able to move into a true realism body look !![:)]
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The only thing from my work that is relevant to Hal is the Haptek character and the script parser that allows you to automatically create scripts. if you want the character now there will be a fee of 100 Euros (I have put too much work on it to give it away for free). But if you be patient I will release the character for free after the evaluation stage of my work (in a couple of months from now).
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I looked at the blogs and it sounds interesting. When will it be available for general use?
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I looked at the blogs and it sounds interesting. When will it be available for general use?
I get the feeling that it was made as coursework for something and there was no real heart in it.
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yes their was talk and explanation then he was gone like wind in the night , i was hoping that something would have came from what he was saying it sounded very cool!
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Top of the thread, bottom of the post :
If you want to use the character in your projects please email me at: virtual.guide.systems at googlemail.com
Don't know if it still works.
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ok,
But if you be patient I will release the character for free after the evaluation stage of my work (in a couple of months from now).
it's been a couple years, give or take a year or two, who's counting.
Couple of months, well I guess things didn't work out as well as he thought it was going to work out.
C load.
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Hey all
I am back to action again... he he its been so so so long. I finished my PhD and the character I promised is still available for anybody who would like to have it. But I wonder do people still use haptek? I havent had the chance in the past 2 years to actually do something with it. anybody else using any other 3D engines? The whole market seems to have come to a stop
If you are interested about the character all I ask is to download dropbox and register. They will give me additional space (which i need) if you do so.
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There you are! Wondered what happend to you but figured you were exploring that crazy black-hole theory you had! ;D :o
Glad to see you back with us and congratulations on your Piled High and Deep award!! Uhh..I mean your PHD...OK...PhD award!
Good for you!!
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wgb14,
I remember seeing a video or something like it when you first posted about the model.
But can't find it now?
Can the model be used in the antiquated Haptek player or do we need a more up to date engine?
I remember that it seemed a 100% better than Haptek.
Where is the download for the model?
I don't need or want Dropbox.
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Guys I will put the model on dropbox for everyone to download... soon and this time it will happen. BTW can someone bring me up to date with what happened to haptek? Are they officially dead? I heard something a few months back that the engine will be integrated in Unity