Head-Tracked Stereo Viewing with Two-Handed 3 D Interaction for Animated Character Construction

dc.contributor.authorTurner, Russellen_US
dc.contributor.authorGobbetti, Enricoen_US
dc.contributor.authorSoboroff, Ianen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-21T07:43:35Z
dc.date.available2014-10-21T07:43:35Z
dc.date.issued1996en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, we demonstrate how a new interactive 3 D desktop metaphor based on two-handed 3 D direct manipulation registered with head-tracked stereo viewing can be applied to the task of constructing animated characters. In our configuration, a six degree-of-freedom head-tracker and CrystalEyes shutter glasses are used to produce stereo images that dynamically follow the user head motion. 3 D virtual objects can be made to appear at a fixed location in physical space which the user may view from different angles by moving his head. To construct 3 D animated characters, the user interacts with the simulated environment using both hands simultaneously: the left hand, controlling a Spaceball, is used for 3 D navigation and object movement, while the right hand, holding a 3 D mouse, is used to manipulate through a virtual tool metaphor the objects appearing in front of the screen. In this way, both incremental and absolute interactive input techniques are provided by the system. Hand-eye coordination is made possible by registering virtual space exactly to physical space, allowing a variety of complex 3 D tasks necessary for constructing 3 D animated characters to be performed more easily and more rapidly than is possible using traditional interactive techniques. The system has been tested using both Polhemus Fastrak and Logitech ultrasonic input devices for tracking the head and 3 D mouse.en_US
dc.description.number3en_US
dc.description.seriesinformationComputer Graphics Forumen_US
dc.description.volume15en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/1467-8659.1530197en_US
dc.identifier.issn1467-8659en_US
dc.identifier.pages197-206en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8659.1530197en_US
dc.publisherBlackwell Science Ltd and the Eurographics Associationen_US
dc.titleHead-Tracked Stereo Viewing with Two-Handed 3 D Interaction for Animated Character Constructionen_US
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