Project Geppetto is our early-stage research project that explores making it easy, fast, and fun to add crowds to 3ds Max scenes. Project Geppetto, a data-driven animation system, offers high level control of plausible human motion using simple geometric shapes and paths. The technology preview comes with a set of animations for use in common settings like sidewalks, hallways, lobbies, and plazas.
Project Geppetto for 3ds Max / 3ds Max Design on Autodesk Labs
The other day I came across this video by tumblingspark. The videos on the Labs site are silent. This one has some nice background music:
It's nice to see it in action and described with such ease.
People watching is alive in the lab.