Zooks
Friday, March 31st, 2006
What are Zooks?
I guess they’re best described as virtual robot insects or creatures.
You can create your own Zooks and pit them against creatures made by other people, or just create the weirdest looking Zook you can think of, using software available for download from the BBC.
Find out more at the official site for the CBBC (Childrens BBC) show BAMZOOKI.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/bamzooki/.
or read about it at wikipedia
Gameware’s Creature Labs team uses artificial life programming techniques to provide the ZOOK’s autonomous movement and behaviour and integrates this with the BBC’s virtual studio system to enable real-time visualisations in a studio setting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAMZOOKi
Start Slide Show with PicLens Lite