An animation system for imitation of object grasping in virtual reality

Matthias Weber, Guido Heumer, Heni Ben Amor, Bernhard Jung

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7 Scopus citations

Abstract

Interactive virtual characters are nowadays commonplace in games, animations, and Virtual Reality (VR) applications. However, relatively few work has so far considered the animation of interactive object manipulations performed by virtual humans. In this paper, we first present a hierarchical control architecture incorporating plans, behaviors, and motor programs that enables virtual humans to accurately manipulate scene objects using different grasp types. Furthermore, as second main contribution, we introduce a method by which virtual humans learn to imitate object manipulations performed by human VR users. To this end, movements of the VR user are analyzed and processed into abstract actions. A new data structure called grasp events is used for storing information about user interactions with scene objects. High-level plans are instantiated based on grasp events to drive the virtual humans' animation. Due to their high-level representation, recorded manipulations often naturally adapt to new situations without losing plausibility.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAdvances in Artificial Reality and Tele-Existence - 16th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, ICAT 2006, Proceedings
Pages65-76
Number of pages12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2006
Externally publishedYes
Event16th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, ICAT 2006 - Hangzhou, China
Duration: Nov 29 2006Dec 1 2006

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4282 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

Other16th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, ICAT 2006
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHangzhou
Period11/29/0612/1/06

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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