Adaptive animation of human motion for e-learning applications

International Journal of Distance Education Technologies

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 74-85

  Li, Frederick W B ^a   Lau, Rynson W H ^a   Komura, Taku ^b   Wang, Meng ^a   Siu, Becky ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adaptive motion synthesis; Adaptive motion transmission; E learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; RENDERING (COMPUTER GRAPHICS);

ADAPTIVE MOTION; E-LEARNING APPLICATION; HUMAN MOTION DATA; IMPORTANCE FACTORS; LEVELS OF DETAIL; MOTION INFORMATION; NETWORK BANDWIDTH; RESEARCH TOPICS;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 57749186428     PISSN: 15393100     EISSN: 15393119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jdet.2007040106     Document Type: Article

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