DocumentCode
2957257
Title
Choreographing realistic animated birds using gesture recognition
Author
Schmidt, Greg S. ; Ringham, Michael L. ; House, Donald H.
Author_Institution
Visualization Lab., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
fYear
1998
fDate
18-18 1998
Firstpage
211
Abstract
We describe progress in developing real-time tools for animation choreography, placing an aerodynamic bird character under interactive gestural control. Since the bird model responds to commands through a multiple-level control system, the effect is that of a director working with an intelligent actor to choreograph motion sequences.
Keywords
aerodynamics; computer animation; image sequences; interactive devices; kinematics; motion control; pattern recognition; real-time systems; realistic images; aerodynamic bird character; director; gesture recognition; intelligent actor; interactive gestural control; motion sequence choreography; multi-level control system; real-time animation choreography tools; realistic animated birds; Aerodynamics; Animation; Birds; Computer graphics; Control system synthesis; Kinematics; Laboratories; Polynomials; Solid modeling; Visualization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium, 1998. Proceedings., IEEE 1998
Conference_Location
Atlanta, GA, USA
Print_ISBN
0-8186-8362-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/VRAIS.1998.658493
Filename
658493
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