Peter L. Newton - Unreal Engine 4 AI Programming Essentials

Peter L. Newton gravitated toward computers at a young age. As his appetite for technology grew, web applications were his first exploration into development. The excitement of programming is what kept Peter diving further into different software designs and programming patterns. He is a self-taught programmer who has spent countless hours in reverse engineering assembly and arm instruction executables just for the joy of learning. Peter has several years of experience as a web developer, software developer, database architect, and hardware technician. His recent years were dedicated to the Virtual Reality/Gaming industry experience, working with such companies as Create, Sony Pictures, and the developers of Unreal Engine 4, Epic Games.

Peter's most recent VR project was Can You Walk The Walk? , which won Digital Hollywood's "Best In Virtual Reality Based on a Cinematic or Television Experience" award.

Thank you, readers, for your continued support in my AI adventures! I've created many tutorials, and because of your overwhelming response, I was reached out to by Epic Games, who requested my services as AI programmer. I've also made quite a few friends, such as Micheal Allar, Chance Ivey, Nick Whiting, Alexander Paschall, Yoeri, Jan, Pete, and many I'm likely to forget, and this is just to name a few. It has been an amazing few years! Living Epic!

Jie Feng is originally from Jiaxing, China. He is currently a PhD candidate at Columbia University, specializing in machine learning and computer vision. He has conducted research on problems ranging from detecting and recognizing objects in images and retrieving similar images from large-scale databases to understanding human behavior in videos. Jie's work has been published at top international conferences, and he has been granted a U.S. patent. He is also a software designer and developer and has worked at Microsoft, Amazon, and Adobe. Jie is passionate about applying Artificial Intelligence to real-world problems. His project using Microsoft Kinect to analyze motion for fitness has won People's Choice Award at Innovative Health Tech NYC competition, 2013. Jie is currently working on a fashion discovery product named EyeStyle.

Video games are the very thing that motivated him to study computer science. His favorite genre is action adventure. Titles including Resident Evil, Tomb Raider, and Uncharted inspire him in innovative thinking. This book is a unique experience for Jie to put his knowledge on Artificial Intelligence to game design and examine the potential of creating intelligent characters using Unreal Engine 4.

I would like to thank my parents for their unconditional love and support for my work and every decision I have made in my life. I feel lucky to have many talented people as my friends and colleagues, both in China and the U.S.. Last but not least, I want to express my appreciation to all game designers and developers out there for creating the fantasy world that inspires people and enriches their lives.

Hamad A. Al Hasan has a passion for games and game development and it has taken him far from the shores of Bahrain, where he graduated from Bahrain University in computer science. After working for a couple of years as software engineer, he jumped across the sea and the ocean to work as a gameplay programmer for Action Mobile Games in USA on their Infected Wars title. Hamad developed a passion for Unreal Engine, which then took him to Serbia at Digital Arrow and to Saudi Arabia as a consultant for Semanoor, the publisher of Trails of Ibn Battuta. After this, he worked as technical director for Empire Studios, a local game studio, in which he played a key role in establishing the studio as well as overseeing all the technical aspects of an unannounced mobile game.

Since 2010, Hamad has worked on a variety of systems, be it about player movements, camera and controls, Artificial Intelligence, networking and replication, weapons, different customizations, HUD, or Menus. He is equally familiar with Unreal Editor and its tools and has also developed a strong expertise in material and shader creation. Back in Bahrain, Hamad works on his own projects while continuing his freelance work.

You can contact him at http://www.alhasanstudio.com/.

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