Virtual Crowds: Steps Toward Behavioral Realism (Synthesis Lectures on Visual Computing)

Kapadia, Mubbasir,Pelechano, Nuria,Allbeck, Jan

ISBN 10: 1627058281 / ISBN 13: 9781627058285

Published by Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Virtual Crowds: Steps Toward Behavioral Realism (Synthesis Lectures on Visual Computing)
• Publisher: Morgan & Claypool Publishers
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1627058281
• ISBN 13: 9781627058285
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This volume presents novel computational models for representing digital humans and their interactions with other virtual characters and meaningful environments. In this context, we describe efficient algorithms to animate, control, and author human-like agents having their own set of unique capabilities, personalities, and desires. We begin with the lowest level of footstep determination to steer agents in collision-free paths. Steering choices are controlled by navigation in complex environments, including multi-domain planning with dynamically changing situations. Virtual agents are given perceptual capabilities analogous to those of real people, including sound perception, multi-sense attention, and understanding of environment semantics which affect their behavior choices. The roles and impacts of individual attributes, such as memory and personality are explored. The animation challenges of integrating a number of simultaneous behavior and movement demands on an agent are addressed through an open source software system. Finally, the creation of stories and narratives with groups of agents subject to planning and environmental constraints culminates the presentation.

About the Author

Mubbasir Kapadia is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at Rutgers University. Previously, he was an Associate Research Scientist at Disney Research Zurich. He was a postdoctoral researcher and Assistant Director at the Center for Human Modeling and Simulation at University of Pennsylvania, under the directorship of Prof. Norman I. Badler. He was the project lead on the United States Army Research Laboratory (ARL) funded project Robotics Collaborative Technology Alliance (RCTA). He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science at University of California, Los Angeles, under the advisement of Professor Petros Faloutsos.