Handbook of Virtual Humans by Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann (English) Hardcover Book

Handbook of Virtual Humans by Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, Daniel Thalmann

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Description Virtual humans are becoming more and more popular and used in many applications such as the entertainment industry (in both film and games) and medical applications.

Publisher Description

Virtual Humans are becoming more and more popular and used in many applications such as the entertainment industry (in both film and games) and medical applications. This comprehensive book covers all areas of this growing industry including face and body motion, body modelling, hair simulation, expressive speech simulation and facial communication, interaction with 3D objects, rendering skin and clothes and the standards for Virtual Humans.  Written by a team of current and former researchers at MIRALab, University of Geneva or VRlab, EPFL, this book is the definitive guide to the area. Explains the concept of avatars and autonomous virtual actors and the main techniques to create and animate them (body and face).Presents the concepts of behavioural animation, crowd simulation, intercommunication between virtual humans, and interaction between real humans and autonomous virtual humansAddresses the advanced topics of hair representation and cloth animation with applications in fashion designDiscusses the standards for Virtual Humans, such as MPEG-4 Face Animation and MPEG-4 Body Animation.

Author Biography

Professor Nadia Magnenat Thalmann is an eminent computer graphics scientist who is the founder and head of MIRALab at the University of Geneva. She presently serves as the Director of the Institute for Media Innovation in Singapore at Nanyang Technological University. Prof. Daniel Thalmann is a Swiss and Canadian Computer Scientist and a pioneer in Virtual Humans. He is currently Honorary Professor at EPFL, Switzerland, and Director of Research Development at MIRALab Sarl.

Details ISBN 0470023163 ISBN-13 9780470023167 Title Handbook of Virtual Humans Author Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, Daniel Thalmann Format Hardcover Year 2004 Pages 480 Edition 1st Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc GE_Item_ID:1289768; About Us

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