Unity Technologies Sf

Weta Digital Limited

Richard Chi Lei

Sander Van Der Steen

Niall J Lenihan

Florian Deconinck

Adam Christensen

John McCarten

Leo Hutson

An aspect provides a computer-implemented method for processing computer code. The method comprises receiving a first editable code set. In response to a first signal the method processes the first editable code set into first executable code by a first compiler within a first code processing path generating the first executable code. In response to a second signal the method both processes the first editable code set into a second editable code set, and processes the second editable code set into second executable code by a second compiler within a second code processing path generating the second executable code.

Method and system for processing computer code

An aspect provides a computer-implemented method for compiling software code. The method comprises: receiving software code to compile; receiving a set of parameters associated with settings and software employed to compile the software code; forming a first hash of the set of parameters to establish a unique identification of the set of parameters used to compile the software code; and associating the first hash with the compiled code. A further aspect provides a computer-implemented method of checking compatibility of compiled software code.

Method and system for identifying incompatibility between versions of compiled software code

An aspect provides a computer-implemented method for training controls for an animation control rig using a neural network. The method comprises receivinga combination of training data, wherein the combination of training data includes a first set of training data derived from image capture poses of a physical object and a second set of training data derived from posing an animation version of the physical object; receivinga set of coarse error data derived from a first training process of the combination of training data, the first training process comprising passing at least some of the combination of training data to the neural network as a sequence of training steps; determininga rate of change of training errors associated with the coarse error data; in response to detectinga rate of change of training errors that crosses a rate of change threshold, during a second processing of the combination of training data, varyinga learning rate over time based on a slope of the rate of change of training errors.

Methods and systems for generating an animation control rig

An aspect provides a computer-implemented method for constructing evaluation logic associated with an animation software package. The method comprises receiving at least one software module, the at least one software module including at least one evaluator; writing the at least one software module to at least one executable code object; and maintaining data for the at least one software module in a contiguous block of memory for use by the software module.

Forced contiguous data for execution of evaluation logic used in animation control

An example method facilitates adjusting or enhancing performance of a process of as graphics program or animation software package, and includes providing a first User Interface (UI) control for allowing user assignment of or selection of one or more processor types, e.g., Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) or Central Processing Unit (CPU), and/or associated memory types, e.g., GPU memory and/or CPU memory, to one or more computing resources, such as variables and/or associated functions or evaluators. A drop-down menu or other control may be provided in a first UI to allow for user specification of or assignment of one or more computing resources, e.g., CPU or GPU processors and/or memory to one or more variables, data structures, associated functions or other executable code. In a specific implementation, one UI control facilitates user specification of one or more evaluators of a plugin, wherein the one or more evaluators are usable by a host application of the plugin. A second UI control enables user specification of whether or not the one or more evaluators should use data on a CPU or GPU.

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Wellington, New Zealand

Richard Chi Lei