Interaction patches for multi-character animation

We propose a data-driven approach to automatically generate a scene where tens to hundreds of characters densely interact with each other. During off-line processing, the close interactions between characters are precomputed by expanding a game tree, and these are stored as data structures called interaction patches. Then, during run-time, the system spatio-temporally concatenates the interaction patches to create scenes where a large number of characters closely interact with one another. Using our method, it is possible to automatically or interactively produce animations of crowds interacting with each other in a stylized way. The method can be used for a variety of applications including TV programs, advertisements and movies. CR Categories: I.3.7 [Computer Graphics]: Three-Dimensional Graphics and Realism--Animation;

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: TOG
• Authors: Hubert P. H. Shum, Taku Komura, Masashi Shiraishi, Shuntaro Yamazaki
• Keywords: Close Interactions, Data-driven Approach, Off-line Processing, TOG 2008