Autodesk Dreamcatcher
polycounter lvl 18
I hadn't heard of this until today: http://m.technologyreview.com/news/532126/software-designs-products-by-simulating-evolution/
It doesn't make useable geometry, but that is an interesting way to do shape exploration. Looks like the type of thing that is years away from control / usefulness, but it would be cool to be able to define a few connection points and have a machine kick out 20 or 30 thumbnail options.
A machine's result, I imagine human designers have come up w/ stuff similar to the right most one, but only a machine would think it's comfortable
It doesn't make useable geometry, but that is an interesting way to do shape exploration. Looks like the type of thing that is years away from control / usefulness, but it would be cool to be able to define a few connection points and have a machine kick out 20 or 30 thumbnail options.
A machine's result, I imagine human designers have come up w/ stuff similar to the right most one, but only a machine would think it's comfortable
