A Camera Engine for Computer Games: Managing the Trade-Off Between Constraint Satisfaction and Frame Coherence

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dc.contributor.authorHalper, Nicolasen_US
dc.contributor.authorHelbing, Ralfen_US
dc.contributor.authorStrothotte, Thomasen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-16T11:05:27Z
dc.date.available2015-02-16T11:05:27Z
dc.date.issued2001en_US
dc.description.abstractMany computer games treat the user in the "1st person" and bind the camera to his or her view. More sophistication in a game can be achieved by enabling the camera to leave the users' viewpoint. This, however, requires new methods for automatic, dynamic camera control. In this paper we present methods and tools for such camera control. We emphasize guiding camera control by constraints; however, optimal constraint satisfaction tends to lead to the camera jumping around too much. Thus, we pay particular attention to a trade-off between constraint satisfaction and frame coherence. We present a new algorithm for dynamic consideration of the visibility of objects which are deemed to be important in a given game context.en_US
dc.description.number3en_US
dc.description.seriesinformationComputer Graphics Forumen_US
dc.description.volume20en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/1467-8659.00510en_US
dc.identifier.issn1467-8659en_US
dc.identifier.pages174-183en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8659.00510en_US
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishers Ltd and the Eurographics Associationen_US
dc.titleA Camera Engine for Computer Games: Managing the Trade-Off Between Constraint Satisfaction and Frame Coherenceen_US
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