We describe a system for animating virtual characters that encompasses many important
aspects of character modeling for simulations and games. These include locomotion, facial …

To enable more websites to provide content in the form of sign language, we investigate
software to partially automate the synthesis of animations of American Sign Language …

We present new solutions based on Virtual Reality technologies for improving the delivery of
physical therapy and rehabilitation. Three main aspects are addressed: 1) the ability to allow …

Motion blending is a widely used technique for character animation. The main idea is to
blend similar motion examples according to blending weights, in order to synthesize new …

How is content for virtual environments (VEs) created? How is behavior and motion in VEs
specified? How are user interfaces designed and implemented for VEs? Authoring is a …

Motion blending is a popular motion synthesis technique which interpolates similar motion
examples according to blending weighs parameterizing high-level characteristics of interest …

Virtual Reality technologies are slated to transform the practice of physical rehabilitation and
the potential benefits have only started to be explored. We present in this paper a direct …

Thanks to recent advances on motion capture devices and stereoscopic consumer displays,
animated virtual characters can now realistically interact with users in a variety of …

We address the problem of creating believable animations for virtual humans that need to
react to the body movements of a human interaction partner in real-time. Our data-driven …

We present a new software framework for the development of immersive collaborative virtual
reality applications with emphasis on full-body interaction with virtual humans. The …