Efficient network transmission of virtual human bodies

Author

Capin, Tolga ; Jovovic, Maja ; Esmerado, Joaquim ; Aubel, Amaury ; Thalmann, Daniel

Author_Institution

Comput. Graphics Lab., Fed. Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland

fYear

1998

fDate

8-10 Jun 1998

Firstpage

41

Lastpage

48

Abstract

Integrating virtual human animation in networked virtual environments (NVEs) has the potential to create severe network load issues. In NVEs, users are represented by their virtual embodiments. The articulated structure of these embodiments introduces a new complexity in the communication, representation and streaming of animations. This might create a significant overhead, especially as the number of participants in the simulation increases. In this paper, we present problems and solutions to efficiently transmit virtual human data over the network

Keywords

computer animation; computer networks; data communication; digital simulation; virtual reality; animation; articulated structure; network load; network transmission; networked virtual environments; overhead; participant number; simulation; streaming; virtual embodiments; virtual human bodies; Computer graphics; Facial animation; Humans; ISO standards; MPEG 4 Standard; Prototypes; Space technology; Standardization; Video compression; Virtual environment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Animation 98. Proceedings

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA

ISSN

1087-4844

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8541-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CA.1998.681906

Filename

681906