From: hayden.mp.nsy@gnet.gov.uk (Hayden Sutherland)
Subject: APPS: Modelling Human Attributes in VR
Date: August 16, 1995


I am currently conducting some research into the representation of
human beings within Virtual Environments.  I am only at the early
stages and wanted to ask a few questions of contributors to the group.

Does anyone know of any work done on the "science of human modelling in VR"
or similar ? By this, I mean:

systems for measuring facial expressions, posture etc.

systems for quantifying body movements (eg - arm in position x means
stretched out etc.)

I am sure I have heard from somewhere that various systems exist but my
memory fails me!

Thanks in advance

(apols if you get this message twice, I have posted it to different lists
and groups to get a greater number of replies)

Hayden
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Badler, N. I., Phillips, C. B. and Webber, B. L.  (1993).  Virtual
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Thalmann, N. and Thalmann, D.  (1993).  Virtual Worlds and Multimedia.
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Online:

The Computer Graphics Lab (LIG) at the Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology (EPFL):

http://ligwww.epfl.ch/~thalmann/research.html


Center for Human Modeling and Simulation, University of Pennsylvania:

http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~hms/home.html



-T.E.]