Handbook of Virtual Humans

Name: Handbook of Virtual Humans
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ISBN: 9780470023167

ISBN-10: 0470023163

ISBN-13: 9780470023167

Edition: 2004

Authors: Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, Daniel Thalmann

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Virtual Humans are becoming more and more popular and used in many applications such as the entertainment industry (in both film and games) and medical applications. This comprehensive book covers all areas of this growing industry including face and body motion, body modelling, hair simulation, expressive speech simulation and facial communication, interaction with 3D objects, rendering skin and clothes and the standards for Virtual Humans. Written by a team of current and former researchers at MIRALab, University of Geneva or VRlab, EPFL, this book is the definitive guide to the area. Explains the concept of avatars and autonomous virtual actors and the main techniques to create and…

Book details

List price: $195.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/29/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 468
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.068
Language: English



Preface


List of Contributors


List of Figures


List of Tables



An Overview of Virtual Humans




Face Cloning and Face Motion Capture




Body Cloning and Body Motion Capture




Anthropometric Body Modeling




Body Motion Control




Facial Deformation Models




Body Deformations




Hair Simulation




Cloth Simulation




Expressive Speech Animation and Facial Communication




Behavioral Animation




Body Gesture Recognition and Action Response




Interaction with 3-D Objects




Groups and Crowd Simulation




Rendering of Skin and Clothes




Standards for Virtual Humans




Damped Least Square Pseudo-Inverse J+ A



H-Anim Joint and Segment Topology



Facial Animation Parameter Set


References


Index