Download or read book Simulating Humans written by Norman I. Badler and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1993-09-02 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The area of simulated human figures is an active research area in computer graphics, and Norman Badler's group at the University of Pennsylvania is one of the leaders in the field. This book summarizes the state of the art in simulating human figures, discusses many of the interesting application areas, and makes some assumptions and predictions about where the field is going.

Download or read book Interactivity Game Creation Design Learning and Innovation written by Anthony L. Brooks and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the proceedings of two conferences: The 6th International Conference on ArtsIT, Interactivity and Game Creation (ArtsIT 2017) and the Second International Conference on Design, Learning and Innovation (DLI 2017). The event was hosted in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, in October 2017 and attracted 65 submissions from which 50 full papers were selected for publication in this book. The papers represent a forum for the dissemination of cutting-edge research results in the area of arts, design and technology, including open related topics like interactivity and game creation.

Download or read book Stepping into Virtual Reality written by Mario Gutierrez and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-03-29 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virtual reality techniques are increasingly becoming indispensable in many areas. This book looks at how to generate advanced virtual reality worlds. It covers principles, techniques, devices and mathematical foundations, beginning with basic definitions, and then moving on to the latest results from current research and exploring the social implications of these. Very practical in its approach, the book is fully illustrated in colour and contains numerous examples, exercises and case studies. This textbook will allow students and practitioners alike to gain a practical understanding of virtual reality concepts, devices and possible applications.

Download or read book Computer Animation and Simulation 95 written by Demetri Terzopoulos and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains research papers that were presented at the Sixth Eurographics Workshop on Animation and Simulation which took place at Maastricht, The Nether lands, September 2-3, 1995. A core area within computer graphics, animation is concerned with the computer synthesis of dynamic scenes. The creation of realistic animation based on the simulation of physical and biological phenomena is a unify ing and rapidly evolving research theme. This series of workshops, an activity of the Eurographics Working Group on Animation and Simulation, is an international forum where researchers representing the animation and simulation communities convene to exchange knowledge and experience related to this theme and to physics-based mod elling, human modelling, motion control, visualization, etc. Of keen interest at this sixth workshop were novel animation techniques and animation systems that simulate the dynamics and interactions of physical objects-solid, fluid, and gaseous-as well as the behaviors of living systems such as plants, lower animals, and humans. The workshop continued to promote the confluence of animation and simulation as a leading edge of computer graphics research that is providing animators with sophisticated new algorithms for synthesizing dynamic scenes. The call for extended abstracts for the workshop, issued in February 1995, elicited an enthusiastic response.

Download or read book Handbook of Virtual Humans written by Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2005-10-31 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virtual Humans are becoming more and more popular and used in many applications such as the entertainment industry (in both film and games) and medical applications. This comprehensive book covers all areas of this growing industry including face and body motion, body modelling, hair simulation, expressive speech simulation and facial communication, interaction with 3D objects, rendering skin and clothes and the standards for Virtual Humans. Written by a team of current and former researchers at MIRALab, University of Geneva or VRlab, EPFL, this book is the definitive guide to the area. Explains the concept of avatars and autonomous virtual actors and the main techniques to create and animate them (body and face). Presents the concepts of behavioural animation, crowd simulation, intercommunication between virtual humans, and interaction between real humans and autonomous virtual humans Addresses the advanced topics of hair representation and cloth animation with applications in fashion design Discusses the standards for Virtual Humans, such as MPEG-4 Face Animation and MPEG-4 Body Animation.

Download or read book Motion in Games written by Arjan Egges and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-11-16 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the very successful Motion in Games event in June 2008, we or- nized the Second International Workshop on Motion in Games (MIG) during November 21–24, 2009 in Zeist, The Netherlands. Games have become a very important medium for both education and - tertainment. Motion plays a crucial role in computer games. Characters move around, objects are manipulated or move due to physical constraints, entities are animated, and the camera moves through the scene. Even the motion of the player nowadays is used as input to games. Motion is currently studied in many di?erent areas of research, including graphics and animation, game technology, robotics, simulation, computer vision, and also physics, psychology, and urban studies. Cross-fertilizationbetween these communities can considerably advance the state of the art in this area. The goal of the workshop Motion in Games is to bring together researchers from this variety of ?elds to present the most recent results and to initiate collaboration. The workshop is organized by the Dutch research project GATE. In total, the workshop this year consisted of 27 high-quality presentations by a selection of internationally renownedspeakers in the ?eld of games and simulations. We were extremely pleased with the quality of the contributions to the MIG workshop and we look forward to organizing a follow-up MIG event.

Download or read book Fundamentals Of Computer Graphics Proceedings Of The Second Pacific Conference On Computer Graphics And Applications Pacific Graphics 94 written by J N Chen and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1994-07-20 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series of conferences has been organized to reflect the significant development of computer graphics in the Pacific Rim countries. PG '94 took place in China and attracted 210 papers, 50 of which were reviewed by an international set of referees and 21 of which are included in this volume, along with three invited papers. The selected papers are subdivided into five topics: modeling surfaces and deformations, image synthesis, computer animation, CAD, and image analysis and volume rendering.

Download or read book Computer Science Handbook written by Allen B. Tucker and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2004-06-28 with total page 2742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you think about how far and fast computer science has progressed in recent years, it's not hard to conclude that a seven-year old handbook may fall a little short of the kind of reference today's computer scientists, software engineers, and IT professionals need. With a broadened scope, more emphasis on applied computing, and more than 70 chap

Download or read book AI for Games and Animation written by John David Funge and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1999-07-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Funge introduces a new approach to creating autonomous characters. Cognitive modeling provides computer-animated characters with logic, reasoning, and planning skills. Individual chapters in the book provide concrete examples of advanced character animation, automated cinematography, and a real-time computer game. Source code, animations, imag

Download or read book Computing Handbook Third Edition written by Teofilo Gonzalez and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-05-07 with total page 2330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computing Handbook, Third Edition: Computer Science and Software Engineering mirrors the modern taxonomy of computer science and software engineering as described by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS). Written by established leading experts and influential young researchers, the first volume of this popular handbook examines the elements involved in designing and implementing software, new areas in which computers are being used, and ways to solve computing problems. The book also explores our current understanding of software engineering and its effect on the practice of software development and the education of software professionals. Like the second volume, this first volume describes what occurs in research laboratories, educational institutions, and public and private organizations to advance the effective development and use of computers and computing in today’s world. Research-level survey articles provide deep insights into the computing discipline, enabling readers to understand the principles and practices that drive computing education, research, and development in the twenty-first century.

Download or read book Computer Graphics And Applications Proceedings Of The First Pacific Conference On Computer Graphics And Applications Pacific Graphics 93 written by S Y Shin and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1993-08-06 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of proceedings contains papers by computer graphics researchers, developers and practitioners. The papers report on the latest advances and new ideas in computer graphics. They also discuss future directions in the field. The volume reflects the aim of the conference to promote computer graphics research activities in the Pacific region.

Download or read book Creating and Animating the Virtual World written by Nadia Magnenat Thalmann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains invited papers and a selection of research papers submitted to Computer Animation '92, the fourth international workshop on computer animation held in Genova on May 20-22, 1992. This workshop, now an annual event, is organized by the Computer Graphics Society, the University of Genova, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. Original research results and applications experience to the various areas of computer animation are represented in the book. This year most contributions are related to physics-based animation, human animation, and geometric modelling for animation.

Download or read book Course Notes written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Stepping into Virtual Reality written by Mario A. Gutiérrez A. and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-08-11 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virtual reality techniques are increasingly becoming indispensable in many areas. This book looks at how to generate advanced virtual reality worlds. It covers principles, techniques, devices and mathematical foundations, beginning with basic definitions, and then moving on to the latest results from current research and exploring the social implications of these. Very practical in its approach, the book is fully illustrated in colour and contains numerous examples, exercises and case studies. This textbook will allow students and practitioners alike to gain a practical understanding of virtual reality concepts, devices and possible applications.

Download or read book Research in Progress written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Computer Animation and Simulation 2000 written by N. Magnenat-Thalmann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains the research papers presented at the Eleventh Eurographics Workshop on Computer Animation and Simulation which took place in Interlaken, Switzerland, August 21-22, 2000. The workshop is an international forum for research in human animation, physically-based modeling, motion control, animation systems, and other key aspects of animation and simulation. The call for papers required submission of the full papers for review, and each paper was reviewed by at least 3 members of the international program committee and additional reviewers. Based on the reviews, 14 papers were accepted and the authors were invited to submit a final version for the workshop. We wish to especially thank all reviewers for their time and effort in working within the rigid constraints of the tight schedule, thereby making it possible to publish this volume in time for the workshop. We also thank the authors for their contributions to the workshop, without whom this unique forum for animation and simulation work would not exist. We are grateful to the Eurographics Association and especially to Werner Purgathofer from the Technical University of Vienna, for his support in publishing the workshop as a volume of the Springer-Verlag Eurographics Series. We also thank the Eurographics '2000 organisers, especially David Duce, and Heinrich Miiller from the EG board. We are also very grateful to lerrin Celebi for the organization of the review process and and Josiane Bottarelli for the registration process.

Download or read book Interactive Multiple representation Editing of Physically based 3D Animation written by Wayne Alfred Christopher and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: "In recent years, much work has been done on realistic animation. It is now possible to simulate and animate a variety of different types of objects and physical effects. However, little attention has been paid to the problem of interactively creating and editing realistic animated scenes. Developing and modifying such scenes is still a batch-oriented process that depends on trial and error. Animation editing for non-realistic scenes has also undergone rapid development. Presentation graphics systems, keyframe-based editors, and virtual reality- based interactive tools for a variety of purposes have been designed. However, physical realism is missing from these systems. Theprincipal result of this dissertation is the design and implementation of the Asgard animation system, an editor for creating physically-based 3D animation. Asgard provides the user with a flexible multiple-representation editing interface, which allows both direct-manipulation graphical definition and modification of the scene, and textual editing of a formal description of the objects, forces, and other parametersof the animation. Multiple instances of each type of view can be created, all of which are synchronized. Such an interface allows the userto utilize the most convenient and effective tools for each task in the definition of the scene. Asgard also includes a differential equation solution technique that is adapted to the problem of physically-based animation, which uses an event-driven scheduling algorithm to take maximum advantage of the differing time-varying properties of different components in the scene while at the same time minimizing the penalties involved with collision detection and response. This algorithm partitions the state equation graph of the scene into strongly-connected components, which also allows Asgard to preserve as much previously-computed data as possible when editing changes are made by the user. Asgard is part of the multi-media document processing system Ensemble. Animated scenes can be integrated with multi- media documents, as wellas developed on their own."