The film (by Ang Lee) of 'Life of Pi' has a colony of animatronic meerkats – according to the 'making of' feature, these were programmed with a very simple algorithm where each virtual meerkat reacted to the movements of nearby meerkats. The result is swirling 'murmuration' movements.
Interesting thanks. I find it fascinating that simple approaches can simulate such complex behaviour and starling murmurations seem to have been the most widely studied type.
The film (by Ang Lee) of 'Life of Pi' has a colony of animatronic meerkats – according to the 'making of' feature, these were programmed with a very simple algorithm where each virtual meerkat reacted to the movements of nearby meerkats. The result is swirling 'murmuration' movements.
Interesting thanks. I find it fascinating that simple approaches can simulate such complex behaviour and starling murmurations seem to have been the most widely studied type.