From drawings to computer animation, the magic of cartoon movies allows audiences to explore a fantastical and imaginary world. To make animated characters life-like on the big-screen, the laws of ...

Ryan is a tech/science writer, skeptic, lover of all things electronic, and Android fan. In his spare time he reads golden-age sci-fi and sleeps, but rarely at the same time. His wife tolerates him as ...

Computer-based animators who are tasked with bringing to life imaginary worlds and characters are aided by simulators that can model the many possible ways an object or fluid might move through a ...

A short 3D animation project focused on stylized character animation, expressive visual storytelling, and physics-inspired ...

Red Dead Redemption 2 is the much-awaited prequel of the Red Dead Redemption. I have already explained why Red Dead Redemption 2 is one of the best Open-World games of all time. Last time I shed some ...

When 3D animated balls on a computer screen defy certain laws of physics, dogs act in a way that suggests they feel like their eyes are deceiving them. Pet dogs stare for longer and their pupils widen ...

During a recent conversation with Eitan Grinspun, I found myself wondering whether he is more obsessed with food or with movement. But then I realized it doesn’t matter, because his detailed ...

A short piece about Alejandro Garcia, a professor at San Jose State who teaches physics to animation students and is now consulting DreamWorks animators on how to incorporate believable physics into ...