Platform for animation and virtual reality

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Project objective

We propose to address the common needs of animation and virtual reality - Young researchers involved with network partners will obtain experience systems, by developing a comprehensive software platform consisting of of the international breadth of their field of research, major facilities drawn from our various partners uniquely broad experience. - We will exchange both post-doctoral and more senior research workers, as The proposed software platform will have as its objectives: appropriate * to provide to the animator facilities for automatic creation of animation - For younger research workers the main goal of the placements will be training. We collectively offer a very broad range of topics. Placements * to provide facilities for controlling or guiding virtual moving objects by speaking in a microphone like a choreographer would do for conducting will be made with a view to evening out the skills base across the whole a ballet dancer network. Some sites have identified graduate-level courses which could be included. * to offer motion synthesis with: biomechanical models, physics- based modelling, state feedback control, optimisation, identification and - For more senior research workers the goals in placement are more varied. learning - The network will enable the strengthening and formalisation of existing * to extract 3D objects cleanly from photographs and video sequences contacts between partners, to general benefit. * to extract motion parameters from magnetic motion capture - Some sites have close close contact with industry. Here work will * to help animators with the task of managing the large number of images include industry-driven sub-projects which will enable visitors to develop in real production environments contacts with industries in other countries. * to provide access to these facilities across broadband networks

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Participants

• UNIVERSITY OF BATH · BATHCoordinatorUnited Kingdom
• Association pour la Recherche et le DÎveloppement des MÎthodes et ProcessusIndustriels - ARMINES · NantesFrance
• Institut National de Recherches en Informatique et en Automatique - INRIA · RennesFrance
• LIMBURGS UNIVERSITAIR CENTRUM · DIEPENBEEKBelgium
• SIEMENS AG · MUENCHENGermany
• SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY LAUSANNE · LAUSANNESwitzerland
• Technische Universit¢t Wien · WienAustria
• UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS · PALMA DE MALLORCASpain
• UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA · GENEVESwitzerland
• UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW · GLASGOWUnited Kingdom
• UniversitÎ Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 · GrenobleFrance

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