UDK Character Test

A short test demonstrating a character within our first scenario. The software used to create this are as follows:

UDK June 2011 Beta Release
FaceFX Studio Professional 2011
iPi Studio
Dragon Naturally Speaking Client SDK 11
Autodesk Maya 2011

The character responds to voice input by searching the spoken string for keywords which are stored in a SQLite Database. If a keyword is found which corresponds to the character being spoken to a C++/CLI dll returns the FaceFX track and SoundCue to be played within UDK.

Minor Bugs
-There is an artifact which can be seen through the model's back due to the re-purposing of the models body from another character which will be cleaned up.
-To make the transitions between tracks less obvious the camera will be panning down to the table to show a sheet with valid questions to ask the character. Additional 'idle' animation will be added to the beginning of each characters response tracks so that as the camera pans up the character will be idle shortly and then respond.
-Hand animation has not been completed yet which will correct the salute

Character created by Chris Ruggiero
FaceFX animation by Jeremy Lewis
Motion Capture recorded by Kyle Preuss
Motion Capture Clean-up and Export, Voice Recognition Programming, UDK Scripting, Database Functionality, and UDK Implemention by Blake Ward