SKETCHED INTERACTION METAPHORS FOR CHARACTER ANIMATION

Konstantin Schauwecker, Simon van den Hurk, Wallace Yuen, Burkhard C. Wünsche

2011

Abstract

The use of 3D virtual worlds is increasing rapidly and new tools are necessary to enable untrained users to create 3D content and interact with it. In this paper we present and evaluate sketch-based interaction metaphors for specifying complex animations of 3D skeletally animated models. Sketched interactions include bone rotation, motion path translation, sequencing and synchronisation of animations, and an undo-functionality. The sketches are drawn directly onto a model in a 3D view and are translated into time-dependent joint transformations. A user study demonstrates that the animation metaphors are intuitive, with the exception of animation ordering. More work is necessary to synchronise animations better. Overall our research demonstrates that sketched-based animations can be useful for applications requiring rapid prototyping containing a limited number of joint animations. Examples are the programming of household robots and the creation of simple animated scenes in education and social network applications.

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Schauwecker K., van den Hurk S., Yuen W. and C. Wünsche B. (2011). SKETCHED INTERACTION METAPHORS FOR CHARACTER ANIMATION . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2011) ISBN 978-989-8425-45-4, pages 247-252. DOI: 10.5220/0003375702470252


in Bibtex Style

@conference{grapp11,
author={Konstantin Schauwecker and Simon van den Hurk and Wallace Yuen and Burkhard C. Wünsche},
title={SKETCHED INTERACTION METAPHORS FOR CHARACTER ANIMATION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2011)},
year={2011},
pages={247-252},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003375702470252},
isbn={978-989-8425-45-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2011)
TI - SKETCHED INTERACTION METAPHORS FOR CHARACTER ANIMATION
SN - 978-989-8425-45-4
AU - Schauwecker K.
AU - van den Hurk S.
AU - Yuen W.
AU - C. Wünsche B.
PY - 2011
SP - 247
EP - 252
DO - 10.5220/0003375702470252