Granular motion control for a virtual agent

A device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a non-transitory memory;
• one or more displays;
• and
• one or more programs stored in the non-transitory memory, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to:
• obtain an action for a virtual agent, wherein the action is associated with a plurality of time frames;
• and
• for a first time frame of the plurality of time frames:
• determine respective confidence scores for a plurality of granular motions that advance the virtual agent towards completion of the action;
• select a subset of the plurality of granular motions comprising fewer than the entirety of the plurality of granular motions to be exhibited by a representation of the virtual agent based on the respective confidence scores;
• and
• animate the representation of the virtual agent in accordance with the selected subset of the plurality of granular motions.

A non-transitory memory storing one or more programs, which, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to:

• obtain an action for a virtual agent, wherein the action is associated with a plurality of time frames;
• and
• for a first time frame of the plurality of time frames:
• determine respective confidence scores for a plurality of granular motions that advance the virtual agent towards completion of the action;
• select a subset of the plurality of granular motions comprising fewer than the plurality of granular motions to be exhibited by a representation of the virtual agent based on the respective confidence scores;
• and
• animate the representation of the virtual agent in accordance with the selected subset of the plurality of granular motions.