Maya is a monster animation software package most commonly associated with "industrial strength" motion picture computer animation.

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Through the use of custom animation software and motion capture libraries created by the artists, the work's computer-generated world looks like a moving hand-drawn illustration.

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In addition to data-intensive web applications, Shalom sees applications like fraud detection, 3-D animation, and blocking malicious software as some of the beneficiaries.

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Nearly two dozen pieces of enchanted art throughout the boat use face-recognition software to prevent delivering the same animation twice in a row.

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In tests last year at Yankee Stadium and Citi Field, MLB experimented with the Hawk-Eye animation system that is used to judge line calls in tennis and the TrackMan radar software used by the PGA Tour.

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Sabiston, a professional programmer and engineer, got Nintendo to send him a DS software development kit which allowed him to pump out a sweet painting and animation app to make his DS bot a visual virtuoso (example pictured left).

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Until then, check a side-by-side test done by the cats over at Animation World Network pitting a prototype Alexa against a RED One equipped with a new MysteriumX sensor and software.

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There was software that could take a picture of a cat and make it look like it is talking (Reallusion Animation Suite), accounting applications (Kashoo) and a field guide to North America birds (iBird).

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