Via Jonathan Turley’s blog
Here’s a nice video showing starling flock formations over Ot Moor in England. It’s quite an impressive display which develops from simple principles, a phenomenon called emergence. Each individual bird obeys simple rules relating to separation, alignment and cohesion.
You can check out online simulations at:
- http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~paul/publications/boids/index.html (particularly good looking simulator)
- shttp://www.red3d.com/cwr/boids/ (good explanation)
- http://www.lalena.com/AI/Flock/ (simpler explanation)
