News and updates from the CRC
Author: Ariann Rousu – Native Dancer Digital Artist Summary Early in the month of July, the Native Dancer team came together to discuss what Native Dancer might look and feel like as a more complete game experience. These discussions focused on the game’s core goals, key features, player immersion, and the systems needed to bring the project […]
Author: Ariann Rousu – Native Dancer Digital Artist Summary Outlined in this blog are the steps taken to Live Link the Native Dancer Characters in the Unreal Engine. Live Linking the characters means they are able to move in real time while being controlled in the engine. To move the character in real time, for this […]
Categories: Collaboration & Outreach
June 23, 2026 | In-person Workshop | Lunch provided Are you interested in accelerating your research with high-performance computing and modern AI technologies? Join UND’s Computational Research Center for a hands-on introduction to Medora, UND’s newest high-performance computing cluster designed to support advanced research and education with cutting-edge GPU resources for artificial intelligence, machine learning, data […]
Author: Ariann Rousu – Native Dancer Digital Artist Summary This Native Dancer blog documents the process of animating the Jingle Dancer using data from the Xsens motion capture system. Mainly transferring motion from the default skeleton used for Xsens to the Jingle Dancer within the Unreal Game Engine. Including preparing the character for animation and bone […]
Categories: CRC Events
Join the UND research community this spring as we explore new ways to use the Talon supercomputer more effectively. The UND Computational Research Center (CRC) will host a series of one-hour, hands-on workshops designed to provide practical training, collaborative learning, and guidance for both new and experienced Talon users. All sessions will take place in […]
Author: Ariann Rousu – Native Dancer Digital Artist Summary Throughout February, I had the opportunity to work with a demo unit of the MOVIN TRACIN. MOVIN TRACIN is a motion capture system that hosted this hands on workshop. This led to the development of a full “live performance” 3D environment featuring original music, performers, and an animated audience. With […]
Author: Ariann Rousu – Native Dancer Digital Artist Summary The Native Dancer: Jingle Dress character has made significant progress over the last few months. Since the last update in mid‑summer, the new jingle dress shape has been fully developed and refined. The gown has been redesigned, equipped with 365 jingles, re-meshed, and textured in Substance 3D. The […]
Categories: Collaboration & Outreach, CRC Events
NVIDIA and the UND Computational Research Center are pleased to invite you to attend an upcoming free, hands-on technical training workshop. This training is offered exclusively to verifiable academic students, staff, and researchers. About This Workshop: Businesses worldwide use artificial intelligence to solve their greatest challenges. Healthcare professionals use AI to enble more accurate, faster […]
Author: Ariann Rousu – Native Dancer Digital Artist Summary In addition to ongoing work with the Native Dancer project, The DREAM Lab supports various research projects across campus with broad creative and technical goals. Some of these include creating general use character models. Another project I have been a part of is scanning then cleaning up and […]
Categories: CRC Events
The UND CRC will present two in-person workshops for users of the Talon supercomputer. The workshops will be held at the Chester Fritz Library, 301 Learning Space, at 4:00pm. There two workshops for beginning and intermediate users. The workshops for December are: Requirements These are hands-on workshops where participants will access Talon using their web […]