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Autonomy and task-level control for virtual actors

Daniel Thalmann
1995
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Abstract

This paper shows how research in computer animation leads to virtual actors who will be able to possess their own animation. A high-level approach consists in specifying the animation in terms of tasks. The animator need only specify the broad outlines of a particular movement and the animation system fills in the details. Examples will be shown in grasping and walking. We also show the need for modeling human behavior, taking into account individualities. We emphasize the impact of behavioral animation by examples of autonomous virtual actors based on synthetic sensors like synthetic vision

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Daniel Thalmann
1995
Journal Articles

Abstract

Official source

https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/9145cfde-62d9-4657-95f7-30a0d8086846

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Computer animation

Computer animation is the process used for digitally generating animations. The more general term (CGI) encompasses both static scenes (s) and dynamic images (s), while computer animation refers to moving images. Modern computer animation usually uses 3D computer graphics to generate a three-dimensional picture. The target of the animation is sometimes the computer itself, while other times it is film. Computer animation is essentially a digital successor to stop motion techniques, but using 3D models, and traditional animation techniques using frame-by-frame animation of 2D illustrations.

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Animation is the method by which are manipulated to create moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, many animations are computer animations made with (CGI). Stop motion animation, in particular claymation, has continued to exist alongside these other forms. Animation is contrasted with live-action film, although the two do not exist in isolation. Many moviemakers have produced films that are a hybrid of the two.

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Traditional animation (or classical animation, cel animation, or hand-drawn animation) is an animation technique in which each frame is drawn by hand. The technique was the dominant form of animation in cinema until the end of the 20th century, when there was a shift to computer animation in the industry, specifically 3D computer animation. Animation production usually begins after a story is converted into an animation film script, from which a storyboard is derived.

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