The mobile animator: Interactive character animation in collaborative virtual environments

Proceedings - Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 125-131

  Gutiérrez, Mario ^a   Vexo, Fréd́ric ^a   Thalmann, Daniel ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; CAMERAS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); PROBLEM SOLVING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS (HMD); MOBILE ANIMATORS; REAL-TIME CONTROL; SIMULATION SCREENS;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 3042639368     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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