Virtual characters facial and body animation through the edition and interpretation of mark-up languages

Computers and Graphics (Pergamon)

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-194

  Del Puy Carretero, Maria ^a   Oyarzun, David ^a   Ortiz, Amalia ^a   Aizpurua, Iker ^a   Posada, Jorge ^a  

^a VICOMTECH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animation; User interface; VHML; Virtual humans

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SPECIFICATIONS; SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SYNCHRONIZATION; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY; XML;

CORPORAL ANIMATION; TEST TO SPEECH MODULE (TTS); VIRTUAL HUMAN MARK-UP LANGUAGE (VHML); VIRTUAL HUMANS;

ANIMATION;

EID: 14644399730     PISSN: 00978493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cag.2004.12.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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