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Title:
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Avatar locomotion in crowd simulation
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Author:
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Pelechano Gómez, Núria; Spanlang, Bernhard; Beacco Porres, Alejandro
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Llenguatges i Sistemes Informàtics; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. MOVING - Grup de Recerca en Modelatge, Interacció i Visualització en Realitat Virtual |
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Abstract:
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This paper presents an Animation Planning Mediator (APM) designed to synthesize animations efficiently for virtual characters in real time crowd simulation. From a set of animation clips, the APM selects the most appropriate and modifies the skeletal configuration of each character to satisfy desired constraints (e.g. eliminating foot-sliding or restricting upper body torsion), while still providing natural looking animations. We use a hardware accelerated character animation library to blend animations increasing the number of possible locomotion types. The APM allows the crowd simulation module to maintain control of path planning, collision avoidance and response. A key advantage of our approach is that the APM can be integrated with any crowd simulator working in continuous space. We show visual results achieved in real time for several hundreds of agents, as well as the quantitative ac-curacy. |
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-Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Infografia
-Crowds -- Computer simulation
-Collective behaviour -- Computer simulation
-Crowd animation
-Foot sliding
-Multituds -- Simulació per ordinador
-Comportament col·lectiu -- Simulació per ordinador |
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Article - Published version
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