Electronic Arts (EA): EA uses machine learning to capture movement data from real professional football matches and automatically generate player animations in its soccer games. Since FC 24 (2023), this system produces over 1,200 unique running styles for individual athletes — compared to just 36 in the previous year's game. | AI Trace
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EA uses machine learning to capture movement data from real professional football matches and automatically generate player animations in its soccer games. Since FC 24 (2023), this system produces over 1,200 unique running styles for individual athletes — compared to just 36 in the previous year's game.
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Called HyperMotionV, the system processes volumetric camera data from 183 real matches to train a machine learning model that generates realistic on-pitch movement. Sub-features include AI Mimic (which recreates each player's individual body movements from volumetric data), AI Hands (which generates realistic hand motion using glove sensor data), and AcceleRATE 2.0 (which assigns each player one of seven AI-driven acceleration styles). The system has evolved annually from HyperMotion in FIFA 22 through each FC release.
Products affected
EA Sports FC 24EA Sports FC 25EA Sports FC 26FIFA 22FIFA 23