Simulating humans : computer graphics animation and control / Norman I. Badler, Cary B. Phillips, Bonnie Lynn Webber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Badler, Norman I.

Contributor:

Phillips, Cary B.

Webber, Bonnie Lynn.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human engineering.

Virtual reality.

Human body--Computer simulation.

Human body.

Human mechanics--Computer simulation.

Human mechanics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During past decades, high-performance computer graphics have found application in an exciting and expanding range of new domains. Among the most dramatic developments has been the incorporation of real-time interactive manipulation and display for human figures. Though actively pursued by several research groups, the problem of providing a synthetic or surrogate human for engineers and designers already familiar with computer-aided design techniques was most comprehensively solved by Norman Badler's computer graphics laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania. The breadth of that effort as well as the details of its methodology and software environment are presented in this volume. The text is intended for human factors engineers interested in understanding how a computer-graphics surrogate human can augment their analyses of designed environments.

Contents:

Contents; 1 Introduction and Historical Background; 2 Body Modeling; 3 Spatial Interaction; 4 Behavioral Control; 5 Simulation with Societies of Behaviors; 6 Task-Level Specifications; 7 Epilogue; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1993.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-266) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-756027-X

1-280-44147-X

9786610441471

0-19-536086-9

1-60129-867-6

OCLC:

475957792