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2005
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Metrics for Functional and Aesthetic Label Layouts
Abstract. Co-referential relations between textual and visual elements in illustrations can be encoded efficiently through textual labels. The labels support students to learn unk...
Knut Hartmann, Timo Götzelmann, Kamran Ali, T...
SG
2005
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
From Artefact Representation to Information Visualisation: Genesis of Informative Modelling
Abstract. In the field of the architectural heritage, the representation of artefacts, particularly for communication purposes, has benefited from the development of computer-based...
Iwona Dudek, Jean-Yves Blaise
SG
2005
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Visualization Tree, Multiple Linked Analytical Decisions
In this paper we tackle the main problem presented by the majority of Information Visualization techniques, that is, the limited number of data items that can be visualized simulta...
José Fernando Rodrigues Jr., Agma J. M. Tra...
SG
2005
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Virtual Camera Planning: A Survey
Modelling, animation and rendering has dominated research computer graphics yielding increasingly rich and realistic virtual worlds. The complexity, richness and quality of the vir...
Marc Christie, Rumesh Machap, Jean-Marie Normand, ...
SG
2005
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Xface: Open Source Toolkit for Creating 3D Faces of an Embodied Conversational Agent
Abstract. Xface, the new version of our open source, platform independent toolkit for developing 3D embodied conversational agents is presented. The toolkit currently incorporates ...
Koray Balci
SG
2005
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Engaging in a Conversation with Synthetic Characters Along the Virtuality Continuum
Abstract. During the last decade research groups as well as a number of commercial software developers have started to deploy embodied conversational characters in the user interfa...
Elisabeth André, Klaus Dorfmüller-Ulha...
SG
2005
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Visualizing Emotion in Musical Performance Using a Virtual Character
We describe an immersive music visualization application which enables interaction between a live musician and a responsive virtual character. The character reacts to live performa...
Robyn Taylor, Pierre Boulanger, Daniel Torres
SG
2005
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Multi-level Interaction in Parametric Design
Parametric design systems model a design as a constrained collection of schemata. Designers work in such systems at two levels: definition of schemata and constraints; and search w...
Robert Aish, Robert Woodbury