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Torsten Reil. Natural Motion
NaturalMotion creates advanced animation technologies for games and movies. Customers include Rockstar Games, LucasArts, Disney, Electronic Arts, Sony, Bioware, Eidos, Warner Brothers and many others.
Based on biology and robot control theory, NaturalMotion’s flagship product euphoria generates animation in real-time on Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. Instead of playing back canned animations, euphoria uses the processing power of the console to simulate the motor nervous system, muscles and body. As a result, games become truly interactive and surprising. euphoria made its debut in 2008, in the two biggest-selling titles of the year: Grand Theft Auto IV and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.
In addition to its technology licensing business, NaturalMotion has recently begun to create original IP based on a disruptive new development and business model. The first title, (scheduled for a 2009 release, is Backbreaker – an American Football game with truly interactive tackles and ‘live’ game play.
Torsten Reil
Torsten Reil is co-founder and CEO of NaturalMotion. He holds a BA in Biology from Oxford University and an MSc in Evolutionary and Adaptive Systems from Sussex University. Prior to founding NaturalMotion, Torsten was researching for a PhD in Complex Systems at Oxford University’s Zoology department, from which he spun off NaturalMotion.
Torsten has been named amongst MIT’s TR100 global top innovators, Next-Gen’s 25 People in the Games Industry, and Develop magazine’s 25 Game Changers.
