Geometric and Discrete Path Planning for Interactive Virtual Worlds / by Marcelo Kallmann, Mubbasir Kapadia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kallmann, Marcelo., Author.

Kapadia, Mubbasir., Author.

Series:

Synthesis Lectures on Visual Computing: Computer Graphics, Animation, Computational Photography and Imaging, 2469-4223

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics.

Image processing—Digital techniques.

Computer vision.

Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics.

Local Subjects:

Mathematics.

Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIX, 181 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2016.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.

Summary:

Path planning and navigation are indispensable components for controlling autonomous agents in interactive virtual worlds. Given the growing demands on the size and complexity of modern virtual worlds, a number of new techniques have been developed for achieving intelligent navigation for the next generation of interactive multi-agent simulations. This book reviews the evolution of several related techniques, starting from classical planning and computational geometry techniques and then gradually moving toward more advanced topics with focus on recent developments from the work of the authors. The covered topics range from discrete search and geometric representations to planning under different types of constraints and harnessing the power of graphics hardware in order to address Euclidean shortest paths and discrete search for multiple agents under limited time budgets. The use of planning algorithms beyond path planning is also discussed in the areas of crowd animation and whole-body motion planning for virtual characters.

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgments

Basic Approaches for World Representation

Discrete Search Algorithms

Euclidean Shortest Paths

Navigation Meshes and Geometric Structures with Clearance

Extending Basic Search Techniques

Constraint-Aware Navigation

Anytime Dynamic Search on the GPU

Dynamic Planning of Footstep Trajectories for Crowd Simulation

Planning using Multiple Domains of Control

Motion Planning for Character Motion Synthesis

Epilogue

Bibliography

Authors' Biographies .

ISBN:

9783031025884

3031025881