The Perceptive Puppet - Seamless Embodiment Exchange between Real and Virtual Humans in Virtual Environments for Training

Andrés Saraos Luna, Valérie Gouranton, Thomas Lopez, Bruno Arnaldi

2013

Abstract

We present a novel mechanism that allows real and virtual humans to dynamically exchange the control of their embodiment in virtual environments. Such a mechanism raises two important issues: the possibility of dynamic embodiment exchanges between real humans and virtual humans and the continuity of actions of the team members after an exchange. To address these issues we introduce a new entity, the Perceptive Puppet that abstracts real and virtual humans into one common entity containing its own knowledge.

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Saraos Luna A., Gouranton V., Lopez T. and Arnaldi B. (2013). The Perceptive Puppet - Seamless Embodiment Exchange between Real and Virtual Humans in Virtual Environments for Training . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2013) ISBN 978-989-8565-46-4, pages 373-378. DOI: 10.5220/0004300103730378


in Bibtex Style

@conference{grapp13,
author={Andrés Saraos Luna and Valérie Gouranton and Thomas Lopez and Bruno Arnaldi},
title={The Perceptive Puppet - Seamless Embodiment Exchange between Real and Virtual Humans in Virtual Environments for Training},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2013)},
year={2013},
pages={373-378},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004300103730378},
isbn={978-989-8565-46-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2013)
TI - The Perceptive Puppet - Seamless Embodiment Exchange between Real and Virtual Humans in Virtual Environments for Training
SN - 978-989-8565-46-4
AU - Saraos Luna A.
AU - Gouranton V.
AU - Lopez T.
AU - Arnaldi B.
PY - 2013
SP - 373
EP - 378
DO - 10.5220/0004300103730378