This single still is from the widescreen version of ?Matriculated?, one of the Animatrix animated shorts. It has been considerably scaled back from the original material.

This image taken from Matriculation has so many potential things to say.

1. Firstly, it speaks of a successor to SLAM techniques used for robotic autonomous navigation today. SLAM or simultaneous localisation and mapping is a modern algorithm and machine vision combination used by self-guided, embodied AI (autonomous robots) to build up a 3D map in real time, of a previously unknown environment, converting everything they see into 3D objects which are then stored in an internal database they can refer to and work with to navigate around without incident.

2. The second potential refers to building and creating worlds. Looking at that fortress, consider the robot?s viewing circle to be the build interface window. Outside of it, the world is viewed as normal, but inside, as you look up at each object or collection of objects, you can see the contour lines and distortions of each one, each possessing a deformed grid in object-space.

If you were building, rather than placing objects, mould that grid in your hands. Reshape it and watch in real-time as the object contorts to its new shape. Would be a great deal simpler than many current methods of building.

Link: Animatrix: Matriculated