Modelling and Motion Capture Techniques for Virtual Environments: International Workshop, CAPTECH'98, Geneva, Switzerland, November 26-27, 1998, ... (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1537) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3540653538 ISBN 13: 9783540653530

Publisher: Springer, 1998

Synopsis

The CAPTECH'98 workshop took place at the University of Geneva on November 26–27, 1998, sponsored by FIP Working Group 5.10 (Computer Graphics and Virtual Worlds) and the Suisse Romande regional doctoral seminar in computer science. The subject of the conference was ongoing research in data capture and interpretation. The goals of capturing real world data in order to perceive, understand, and interpret them and then reacting to them in a suitable way are currently important research problems. These data can be very diverse: sounds, emotions, shapes, motions, forces, muscles, actions, etc. Once captured, they have to be treated either to make the invisible visible, or to understand a particular phenomenon so as to formulate an appropriate reaction, or to integrate various information in a new multimedia format. The conference included six sessions of presented papers and three panel discussions. Invited speakers treating various aspects of the topic were: Professor R. Earnshaw from Bradford University, Professor T. L. Kunii from Hosei University, and Professor P. Robert from EPFL. Professor K. Bauknecht, of the University of Zürich, President of IFIP, offered the welcoming address. Mr. E. Badique, project officer for the EU in Brussels, discussed recent results of the EU ACTS research program. Finally, the Geneva Computer Animation '98 Film Festival highlighted the evening of November 26.

About this title

Synopsis

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Workshop on Modelling and Motion Capture Techniques for Virtual Environments, CAPTECH'98, held in Geneva, Switzerland, in November 1998. The 21 revised full papers presented in the book were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The book documents research in data capture and interpretation. The papers are organized in sections on human motion analysis, human motion capture and manipulation, image and video manipulation, motion control, human body and objects 3D reconstruction, and image/video based facial animation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540653538
• ISBN 13: 9783540653530
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 292
• Editor: Magnenat-Thalmann Nadia, Thalmann Daniel