A head movement propensity model for animating gaze shifts and blinks of virtual characters

Computers and Graphics (Pergamon)

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 677-687

  Peters, Christopher ^a   Qureshi, Adam ^a  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blinking; Gaze shifts; Serious games; Virtual characters

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLERS; EYE MOVEMENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AUTOMATIC MODELING; BLINKING; CONNECTED COMPONENT; GAZE SHIFTS; LEARNING OUTCOME; PERCEIVED QUALITY; PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE; VIRTUAL CHARACTER;

SERIOUS GAMES;

EID: 78649513900     PISSN: 00978493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cag.2010.09.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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