Virtual avatars learned cartwheels and other stunts from videos of people
Cartoons learn moves through a computer program that improves on traditional motion capture technology
![cartwheel videoframes](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/110118_mt_virtual-character_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
AVATAR SEE, AVATAR DO In a new computer program, virtual characters learned full-body motions, like cartwheels, by watching YouTube videos.
Xue Bin Peng/University of California, Berkeley