Data-driven animation has become the industry standard for computer games and many animated movies and special effects. In particular, motion capture data recorded from live actor...
Eamonn J. Keogh, Themis Palpanas, Victor B. Zordan...
We describe Storytelling Alice, a programming environment that introduces middle school girls to computer programming as a means to the end of creating 3D animated stories. Storyt...
Caitlin Kelleher, Randy F. Pausch, Sara B. Kiesler
Computer synthesized characters are expected to make appropriate face, limb, and body gestures during communicative acts. We focus on non-facial movements and try to elucidate wha...
Norman I. Badler, Monica Costa, Liwei Zhao, Diane ...
ion of Representation in Live Theater PPPPETERETERETERETER TTTTORPEYORPEYORPEYORPEY Opera of the Future, MIT Media Lab Disembodied Performance presents a new way to think about exp...
Lifelike, interactive digital characters, serving as mentors and role-playing actors, have been shown to significantly improve learner motivation and retention. However, the cost...