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Item Avatar Markup Language(The Eurographics Association, 2002) Kshirsagar, Sumedha; Magnenat-Thalmann, Nadia; Guye-Vuillème, Anthony; Thalmann, Daniel; Kamyab, Kaveh; Mamdani, Ebrahim; S. Mueller and W. StuerzlingerSynchronization of speech, facial expressions and body gestures is one of the most critical problems in realistic avatar animation in virtual environments. In this paper, we address this problem by proposing a new high-level animation language to describe avatar animation. The Avatar Markup Language (AML), based on XML, encapsulates the Text to Speech, Facial Animation and Body Animation in a unified manner with appropriate synchronization. We use low-level animation parameters, defined by the MPEG-4 standard, to demonstrate the use of the AML. However, the AML itself is independent of any low-level parameters as such. AML can be effectively used by intelligent software agents to control their 3D graphical representations in the virtual environments. With the help of the associated tools, AML also facilitates to create and share 3D avatar animations quickly and easily. We also discuss how the language has been developed and used within the SoNG project framework. The tools developed to use AML in a real-time animation system incorporating intelligent agents and 3D avatars are also discussed subsequently.Item Real-time Animation of Dressed Virtual Humans(Blackwell Publishers, Inc and the Eurographics Association, 2002) Cordier, Frederic; Magnenat-Thalmann, NadiaIn this paper, we describe a method for cloth animation in real-time. The algorithm works in a hybrid manner exploiting the merits of both the physical-based and geometric deformations. It makes use of predetermined conditions between the cloth and the body model, avoiding complex collision detection and physical deformations wherever possible. Garments are segmented into pieces that are simulated by various algorithms, depending on how they are laid on the body surface and whether they stick or flow on it. Tests show that the method is well suited to fully dressed virtual human models, achieving real-time performance compared to ordinary cloth-simulations.Item Facial Modeling and Animation(Eurographics Association, 2002) Haber, Jörg; Magnenat-Thalmann, Nadia; Terzopoulos, Demetri; Vetter, Thomas; Blanz, Volker; Kähler, KoljaItem Tutorial on Inhabited Virtual Heritage(Eurographics Association, 2002) Magnenat-Thalmann, Nadia; Chalmers, Alan; Fua, Pascal; Thalmann, Daniel-