Immersive 3 D User Interface for Computer Animation Control

This paper describes a virtual reality -based method to control 3D animation. We chose a topic that is particularly difficult to control with traditional desktop applications – a particle system. Particle systems have the potential to create high-quality computer graphics, but they need lots of control data if one wants to create control their dynamics in detail. We have developed a new – more natural – way to control a particle system by working directly in 3D virtual environment. By working in an interactive 3D virtual environment animators can spend more time on adjusting and tuning the animation and less time on entering control data and learning how the system works. keywords: Particle systems, Immersive user interface