Accelerometer-based user interfaces for the control of a physically simulated character

ACM Transactions on Graphics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Shiratori, Takaaki ^a   Hodgins, Jessica K ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Character animation; Physical simulation; User interface; Wiimotes

Indexed keywords

CHARACTER ANIMATION; CONTROL THE MOTIONS; GAME CONTROLLERS; IMMERSIVE; JOYSTICK INTERFACES; NINTENDO; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; PHYSICAL SIMULATION; USER STUDIES; WIIMOTES;

ACCELEROMETERS; ANIMATION; USER INTERFACES;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

EID: 57749180881     PISSN: 07300301     EISSN: 15577368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1409060.1409076     Document Type: Article

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