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Creating and Animating the Virtual World

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1992

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Editors:
  1. Nadia Magnenat Thalmann

    1. MIRALab, Centre Universitaire d’Informatique, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

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  2. Daniel Thalmann

    1. Computer Graphics Lab, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland

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Part of the book series: Computer Animation Series (3056)

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Table of contents (19 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Physics-Based Animation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Control of Hovering Flight for Computer Animation

      • David R. Haumann, Jessica K. Hodgins
      Pages 3-19

    3. Inverse Problems in Computer Graphics

      • Michael Kass
      Pages 21-33

    4. NPSNET: Physically-Based Modeling Enhancements to an Object File Format

      • Michael J. Zyda, James G. Monahan, David R. Pratt
      Pages 35-52

    5. A New Method for Approximative Interactive Dynamics

      • Ulrich Leiner, Bernhard Preim
      Pages 53-65

  3. Human Animation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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    2. Extraction of 3D Shapes from the Moving Human Face Using Lighting Switch Photometry

      • Hitoshi Saji, Hirohisa Hioki, Yoshihisa Shinagawa, Kensyu Yoshida, Tosiyasu L. Kunii
      Pages 69-86

    3. An Interactive Tool for the Design of Human Free-Walking Trajectories

      • Laurent Bezault, Ronan Boulic, Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, Daniel Thalmann
      Pages 87-104

    4. Achilles — A System for Visualizing Non Standard Human Gait

      • Homero L. Píccolo, Kentaro Takahashi, Marcus G. de Amorim, André C. de Sá Carneiro
      Pages 105-116

    5. FAERIE: A CAD/CAM Tool for Voluntary Movement and Ergonomic Simulation

      • Olivier Coppin, André Clement
      Pages 117-134

    6. Hand Motion Coding System for Algorithm Recognition and Generation

      • Jintae Lee, Tosiyasu L. Kunii
      Pages 135-145

  4. Path Planning and Motion Control

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. Computer Animation of Robot Motion with Collision Free Path Planning

      • Yongcheng Li, Weimin Du, Zesheng Tang, Bo Zhang
      Pages 149-161

    3. Path Planning and Its Application to Human Animation System

      • Ryozo Takeuchi, Munetoshi Unuma, Koji Amakawa
      Pages 163-175

    4. Automating Virtual Camera Control for Computer Animation

      • Tsukasa Noma, Naoyuki Okada
      Pages 177-187

  5. Geometric Models

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
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    2. Algorithmic Animation of Constructing Surfaces from Cells

      • Tosiyasu L. Kunii, Yoshihisa Shinagawa, Shigeo Takahashi
      Pages 191-198

    3. Controlling the Architectural Geometry of a Plant’s Growth — Application to the Begonia Genus

      • René Lecoustre, Philippe de Reffye, Marc Jaeger, Pierre Dinouard
      Pages 199-214

    4. Intersection and Minimal Distance of 3D-Object

      • Frank Klingspor, Dietmar Luhofer, Thomas Rottke
      Pages 215-233
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Editors and Affiliations

  • MIRALab, Centre Universitaire d’Informatique, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    Nadia Magnenat Thalmann

  • Computer Graphics Lab, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Daniel Thalmann

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