Anthropomorphism influences perception of computer-animated characters’ actions

Anthropomorphism influences perception of computer-animated characters' actions.

Computer-animated characters are common in popular culture and have begun to be used as experimental tools in social cognitive neurosciences. Here we investigated how appearance of these characters' influences perception of their actions. Subjects were presented with different characters animated either with motion data captured from human actors or by interpolating between poses (keyframes) de...

Perception of emotional body language displayed by animated characters

Towards Agile Animated Characters

Dynamic simulation is a potentially useful tool for creating realistic motion for animated characters. However, improved control techniques are required before this approach will bear fruit. We compare and contrast control for animation with control for robotics. This is followed by an overview of two control methods which were conceived in the context of computer animation, but which also have...

Mesh Approximation for Animated Characters

A widely used method for character animation involves embedding a simple skeleton with a character model and then animating the character by moving the underlying skeleton. The character’s skin is required to move and deform along with the skeleton. Research into this problem has resulted in a number of different skinning frameworks. There has, however, been no objective attempt to compare thes...

Animated Characters in Bullying Intervention

The VICTEC (Virtual ICT with Empathic Characters) project explores the use of animated characters in virtual environments for educational issues, such as bullying behaviour. 76 participants evaluated a prototype of the VICTEC demonstrator. Results revealed high story believability with character conversation rated as convincing and interesting whilst character movement was poorly rated. The res...