Sharing attractions on the Net with VPark

Author

Joslin, Chris ; Molet, Tom ; Thalmann, Nadia M. ; Esmerado, Joaquim ; Thalmann, Daniel ; Palmer, Ian ; Chilton, Nicholas ; Earnshaw, Rae

Author_Institution

Geneva Univ., Switzerland

Volume

21

Issue

1

fYear

2001

Firstpage

61

Lastpage

71

Abstract

We present a networked virtual environment (NVE) system and an attraction building system based on Windows NT that enables users to introduce their own scenario-based applications into a shared virtual environment. Our goal was to develop and integrate several modules into a system capable of animating realistic virtual humans in a real-time performance. This includes modeling and representing virtual humans with high realism and simulating human face and body movements in real time. Realism becomes quite important in NVEs, where the communication among participants is crucial for their sense of presence

Keywords

Internet; client-server systems; computer animation; real-time systems; virtual reality; VPark; Virtual Park; Windows NT; attraction building system; human body movement simulation; human face movement simulation; networked virtual environment system; participant communication; real-time performance; realism; realistic virtual human animation; scenario-based applications; shared virtual environment; Avatars; Biological system modeling; Face; Facial animation; Humans; Real time systems; Scalability; Speech; Virtual environment; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/38.895134

Filename

895134