The creation of life-like believable characters is emerging as the central focus of next-generation game development and is viewed as critical to obtaining true mass-market appeal. Reactive crowd simulation is a critical component in creating believable character. The demo runs on a Xbox 360 and shows the following crowd behaviors. A typical downtown is populated with pedestrians and vehicles. ...

We presents a technique for 360 x 360 mosaicing with a very wide field of view fish eye lens. Standard camera calibration is extended for lenses with a field of view bigger than 180◦. We demonstrate the calibration on a Nikon FCE8 fish eye converter, which is an example of a low-cost lens with 183◦ field of view. We illustrate the use of this lens on one application, the 360 x 360 mosaic which ...

Two 360-degree feedback instruments were assessed in order to validate their content. 360 ratings for 431 retail managers were compared to financial performance for their store. Correlations between 360-degree feedback ratings and level of attainment of sales goals were significant for both instruments. However, the first instrument was correlated to a greater extent than the second instrument....