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CHI
2007
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
Storytelling alice motivates middle school girls to learn computer programming
We describe Storytelling Alice, a programming environment that introduces middle school girls to computer programming as a means to the end of creating 3D animated stories. Storyt...
Caitlin Kelleher, Randy F. Pausch, Sara B. Kiesler
CA
2002
IEEE
15 years 2 months ago
Representing and Parameterizing Agent Behaviors
The last few years have seen great maturation in understanding how to use computer graphics technology to portray 3D embodied characters or virtual humans. Unlike the off-line, an...
Norman I. Badler, Jan M. Allbeck, Liwei Zhao, Meer...
CA
2000
IEEE
15 years 2 months ago
A Thin Shell Volume for Modeling Human Hair
Hair-to-hair interaction is often ignored in human hair modeling, due to its computational and algorithmic complexity. In this paper, we present our experimental approach to simul...
Tae-Yong Kim 0002, Ulrich Neumann
NPAR
2000
ACM
15 years 2 months ago
Line direction matters: an argument for the use of principal directions in 3D line drawings
While many factors contribute to shape perception, psychological research indicates that the direction of lines on the surface may have an important influence. This is especially ...
Ahna Girshick, Victoria Interrante, Steven Haker, ...
CHI
1998
ACM
15 years 2 months ago
When the Interface is a Talking Dinosaur: Learning Across Media with ActiMates Barney
ActiMates™ Barney™ represents a new form of interactive learning product for two- to five-year old children: a small computer that looks like an animated plush doll. He can be...
Erik Strommen