Jessie Thomson is Animation Programmer at Cloud Imperium Games.[1]
She joined CIG in March 2020, two weeks before the Covid lockdown.[1]
Early Life
In college she has seen a making of God of War II where devs looked so tired yet so happyt with themselves and she decided that she wanted to be in their shoes, making something that people play and love and enjoy, and create something that's visually pleasing for everyone.[1]
She studied at computer games programming degree Huddersfield University of 4 years of a placement years which was a Canalside Studios where she did work for Leeds Armouries. She developped a love for artifical intelligence. She wanted to make things that moved on their own and looked cool while moving.[1]
She went on to a Master in computer science with specialisation in artifical inteligence at Manchester University.[1]
She then did her Phd in applied clinical.[1]
Other Works
After her Phd she went to work at Cubic Motion using machine learning algorythms to predict facial expressions.[1]
She then worked at vTime as animation programmer.[1]
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