Over the past few years, we have developed several research projects focusing on critical
support technologies for virtual environments. In this paper, we outline three aspects of our …

Animating natural human motion in dynamic environments is difficult because of complex
geometric and physical interactions. Simulation provides an automatic solution to parts of …

Computer animation of human locomotion has become popular in recent years because of
the desire to use human beings as synthetic actors in three-dimensional simulation …

We synthesize natural-looking locomotion, reaching and grasping for a virtual character in
order to accomplish a wide range of movement and manipulation tasks in real time. Our …

Controllable, reactive human motion is essential in many video games and training
environments. Characters in these applications often perform tasks based on modified …

The purpose of this paper is to provide an introduction to the use of dynamic simulation for
the computer animation of movement. It is suggested that, in the near future, a minimal …

We have developed a virtual environment system which supports multiple simulations,
including virtual actors. These actors exhibit motor behavior in response to activity in the …

Virtual humans are employed in many interactive applications using 3D virtual
environments, including (serious) games. The motion of such virtual humans should look …

Navigating in virtual environments requires using some locomotion interfaces, especially
when the dimensions of the environment exceed the ones of the Virtual Reality system …

We present ADAPT, a flexible platform for designing and authoring functional, purposeful
human characters in a rich virtual environment. Our framework incorporates character …