Title :
Modeling Groups of Plausible Virtual Pedestrians
Author :
Peters, Christopher ; Ennis, Cathy
Author_Institution :
Trinity Coll. Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Abstract :
In a proposed methodology for modeling dynamic crowd scenarios, a video corpus informs the modeling process, after which the resultant animations undergo perception-based evaluation. The aim is to improve the crowd´s visual plausibility rather than the simulation´s correctness. A real-life crowd animation system demonstrates the methodology´s practical application.
Keywords :
computer animation; real-time systems; solid modelling; traffic engineering computing; virtual reality; dynamic crowd scenario modeling; perception-based evaluation; real-life crowd animation system; video corpus; virtual pedestrian; visual plausibility; Animation; Buildings; Cities and towns; Collision avoidance; Computational modeling; Educational institutions; Games; Layout; Motion pictures; Safety; computer graphics; crowd simulation; viewer perception;
Journal_Title :
Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCG.2009.69