High degree of freedom input and large displays for accessible animation.
Published: 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9780494160985
Description: We explore methods of making computer animation accessible to nontechnical users by utilizing high degree-of-freedom, gestural input and visualization on a large display. Design principles are developed which guide our approach and focus on expressive but comprehensible techniques. We present two applications of these principles to animation tasks: first, animatic creation, where we develop techniques for rough animation and cinematic communication; and second, facial animation, where direct manipulation mediates the complexity of a fully expressive virtual face. We present preliminary user evaluation of our techniques, and discuss future directions of our approach.
Notes: Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 44-06, page: 2847.

Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Toronto, 2006.

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