Hand motion capturing is one of the most important parts of gesture interfaces. Many current approaches to this task generally involve a formidable nonlinear optimization problem ...
We present an approach for recovering articulated body pose from single monocular images using the Specialized Mappings Architecture (SMA), a non-linear supervised learning archit...
In this paper, we outline the creation of an Informed Environment, dedicated to urban life simulation.We propose methods and tools for creating and providing the information neces...
Abstract. Natural audio-visual interface between human user and machine requires understanding of user’s audio-visual commands. This does not necessarily require full speech and ...
This paper promotes social role awareness as a desirable capability of animated agents, that are by now strong affective reasoners, but otherwise often lack the social competence ...