GTA 6 could have already fired the first shot in an upcoming AI animation "revolution," according to one veteran Rockstar developer. In an interview with SanInPlay, San Andreas and GTA 3 developer Obbe Vermeij said that the scene from the GTA 6 trailer that he was most impressed by was the beach scene, in which "everybody seems to be doing something else. Every character has its own animation.
" It's certainly a very detailed scene. So detailed, in fact, that Vermeij thinks Rockstar might have had a helping hand in making it. He says he's heard "some rumors of [GTA 6 using] pretty new technology having to do with animation and AI and all that stuff.
" Vermeij doesn't appear to have any proof of that, but it's fair to say that GTA 6's publisher, Take-Two, isn't exactly shying away from AI . In June, CEO Strauss Zelnick suggested that the technology would allow Rockstar devs to "do a bunch of stuff more efficiently. He also dismissed concerns that AI would harm developers, saying that "I don't think for a minute that generative AI is going to reduce employment.
" That's not exactly a popular view in some sections of the industry, of course - video game actors are currently on strike, hoping to gain more protection from AI . GTA 6 won't be affected by those strikes , but the technology has certainly proved divisive across the industry. Vermeij seems to think it's inevitable, and that perhaps AI is overdue.
"I think it's time for a revolution where animation is maybe not hand-animat.