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Synthespian
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A vision-based approach to behavioural animation
Daniel Thalmann, Olivier Renault
An innovative way of animating actors at a high level based on the concept of synthetic vision is presented. The objective is simple: to create an animation involving a synthetic actor automatically moving in a corridor avoiding objects and other synthetic ...
1990An object-orient methodology using dynamic variables for animation and scientific visualization
An object-oriented design is presented for building dynamic three-dimensional applications. This design takes the form of the Fifth Dimension Toolkit consisting of a set of interrelated classes whose instances may be connected together in a variety of ways ...
Springer-Verlag1990Synthetic actors: the simulation of human motion
Advances in computer animation are more apparent with the explosion in satellite television. This feature explores the concept of synthetic actors, a combination of diverse methods of computerised animation. The boom in satellite broadcasting and the proli ...
1989Design, transformation and animation of human faces
Creation of new human faces for synthetic actors is a difficult task. The situation may be improved by introducing tools for the creation. Three approaches are discussed: modification and edition of an existing synthetic actor using local transformations; ...
1989