Artificial Technology Unveils EKI One
2008-08-19 | August
Middleware start-up Artificial Technology has revealed details of its new solution for implanting emotion into virtual characters.Known as EKI One, the modular middleware gives programmers and designers the ability to give characters intelligent and emotional behaviour, increasing the immersiveness of the game or virtual world.
Artificial Technology was founded in Puchheim, near Munich, and currently employs around 10 people. The aim of the technology is to enable gamers to 'experience the story together with the characters and share the emotions of joy, anger, desire, rage and sorrow.'
As well as lifting the lid on the project, the team has also announced its first customer: Twintime, based in Hamburg. It will be using the tech on its forthcoming thriller Odessa Twins.
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Author:Ed Fear
Source: Developmag
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