Comments on: Why no hugs? http://mindflock.com/2009/10/why-no-hugs/ Social Game Artificial Intelligence Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: zoombapup http://mindflock.com/2009/10/why-no-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-36 zoombapup Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:23:28 +0000 http://mindflock.com/?p=45#comment-36 Time for a new blog post on this.

]]> By: Melody http://mindflock.com/2009/10/why-no-hugs/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Melody Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:39:25 +0000 http://mindflock.com/?p=45#comment-35 This also does not take into account subcultures within cultures and the difficulty of animating those. For example: In my group of friends, touchy-feely is the way to go. It's not uncommon to see a female or male go to greet another female or male with a sensual massage of the butt. Big hugs, big kisses, and just random behavior that in social public contexts of America (where I live) would be unnacceptable.

If one can't possibly animate something like a hug, or a kiss, without it failing, how you animate more explicit emotives of the body? A massage for example? If one could animate these physical emotions with some degree of accuracy, it is my belief that one would have a game or program that exceeds others on a graphical and emotional standpoint.

You're right, people don't spin on the spot. Instead, they plop down on the couch, wave to someone to join them, and stare them in the eyes as they converse.

- Melody

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