EA has announced an open-source library called Dem Bones. This library implements a cutting-edge skinning decomposition solution, initially presented in a SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 technical paper titled “Smooth Skinning Decomposition with Rigid Bones” by Binh Le and Zhigang Deng. The method is currently integrated into Maya’s bake deformer and Houdini’s skinning converter. Dem Bones provides enhanced quality and faster performance compared to the original research paper. You can find more details on GitHub.
