The mobile animator: interactive character animation in collaborative virtual environments

Author

Gutiérrez, Mario ; Vexo, Frederic ; Thalmann, Daniel

Author_Institution

Virtual Reality Lab, Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Laussane, Switzerland

fYear

2004

fDate

27-31 March 2004

Firstpage

125

Lastpage

284

Abstract

We have designed a mobile -PDA-based- interface for real-time control of virtual characters in multiuser semi-immersive virtual environments - using a large rear-projection screen. The proof-of-concept implementation we present shows the potential of handheld devices as powerful interfaces to virtual reality applications. This technique eliminates the display of floating menus and other widgets over the simulation screen. A brief discussion on the advantages and disadvantages of using a handheld for 3D interaction is presented as well.

Keywords

computer animation; groupware; interactive systems; mobile handsets; notebook computers; real-time systems; virtual reality; PDA-based interface; character animation; collaborative virtual environments; handheld devices; interactive animation; mobile animator; mobile interface; rear-projection screen; virtual reality; Animation; Cameras; Collaboration; Disaster management; Large screen displays; Magnetic heads; Magnetic sensors; Navigation; Speech recognition; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Virtual Reality, 2004. Proceedings. IEEE

ISSN

1087-8270

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8415-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VR.2004.1310065

Filename

1310065