On scaling strategies for the full-body postural control of virtual mannequins

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 11-25

  Boulic, Ronan ^a   Maupu, Damien ^a   Thalmann, Daniel ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Full body interaction; Full body movement; Posture; Reaching; Scaling; Virtual mannequins

Indexed keywords

MOTION CAPTURE; VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING;

FULL-BODY INTERACTION; FULL-BODY MOVEMENT; POSTURE; REACHING; SCALING; VIRTUAL MANNEQUINS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 59849101085     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intcom.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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