Handbook of Virtual Humans
Language: English
Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2004
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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. Editor(s): Magnenat-Thalmann, Nadia; Thalmann, Daniel. Num Pages: 468 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. Weight in Grams: 928. . 2004. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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- Title
- Handbook of Virtual Humans
- Author
- Magnenat-thalmann
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0470023163
- ISBN 13
- 9780470023167
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 animate them (body and face).
- Presents the concepts of behavioural animation, crowd simulation, intercommunication between virtual humans, and interaction between real humans and autonomous virtual humans
- Addresses the advanced topics of hair representation and cloth animation with applications in fashion design
- Discusses the standards for Virtual Humans, such as MPEG-4 Face Animation and MPEG-4 Body Animation.
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Professor Nadia Magnenat Thalmann is an eminent computer graphics scientist who is the founder and head of MIRALab at the University of Geneva. She presently serves as the Director of the Institute for Media Innovation in Singapore at Nanyang Technological University. Prof. Daniel Thalmann is a Swiss and Canadian Computer Scientist and a pioneer in Virtual Humans. He is currently Honorary Professor at EPFL, Switzerland, and Director of Research Development at MIRALab Sarl.
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