Simulating Virtual Humans in Networked Virtual Environments
- Pandzic, Igor MIRALab University of Geneva, Switzerland,
- Babski, Christian Computer Graphics Lab, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland,
- Capin, Tolga Computer Graphics Lab, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland,
- Lee, WonSook MIRALab University of Geneva, Switzerland,
- Magnenat-Thalmann, Nadia MIRALab University of Geneva, Switzerland,
- Musse, Soraia Raupp Computer Graphics Lab, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland,
- Moccozet, Laurent MIRALab, University of Geneva, Switzerland,
- Seo, Heywon MIRALab, University of Geneva, Switzerland,
- Thalmann, Daniel Computer Graphics Lab, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland,
Published in:
- Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments. - MIT Press - Journals. - 2001, vol. 10, no. 6, p. 632-646
Control and Systems Engineering
Human-Computer Interaction
Software
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
English
In the past decade, networked virtual environments (NVEs) have been an increasingly active area of research, with the first commercial systems emerging recently. Graphical and behavioral representation of users within such systems is a particularly important issue that has lagged in development behind other issues such as network architectures and space structuring. In this paper, we expose the importance of using virtual humans within these systems and provide a brief overview of several virtual humans technologies used in particular for simulation of crowds. As the main technical contribution, the paper presents the integration of these technologies with the COVEN-DIVE platform, the extension of the DIVE system developed within the COVEN project. In conjunction with this, we present our contributions through the COVEN project to the MPEG-4 standard concerning the representation of virtual humans.
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- DOI 10.1162/105474601753272871
- ISSN 1054-7460
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- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/171070
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