Resumen
The article focuses on artificial life for computer graphics. Computer graphics modeling for image synthesis, animation and virtual reality has advanced dramatically over the past decade, revolutionizing the motion picture, interactive game and multimedia industries. The field has advanced from first generation purely geometric models to more elaborate physics-based models. The modeling and simulation of living systems for computer graphics resonates with an emerging field of scientific inquiry called artificial life or Alife, a discipline that transcends the traditional boundaries of computer science and biological science. The synergy between computer graphics and artificial life defines the leading edge of advanced graphics modeling. Artificial life concepts play a central role in the construction of advanced graphics models for image synthesis, animation, multimedia and virtual reality. New graphics models have taken bold steps toward the realistic emulation of a variety of living things including plants and animals, from lower organisms all the way up the evolutionary ladder to humans.