Implementation of the Interactive Gestures of Virtual Avatar Based on a Multi-user Virtual Learning Environment

Mu, Bo; Yang, Yuhui; Zhang, JianPing

doi:10.1109/itcs.2009.134

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“…3.1 Pre-Rendered Motions A 3D avatar in a VCP environment can be animated by pre-designed motions and scenes. For example, in [20] Pre-rendered motions have also been used to simulate metropolitan structures such as college [22], airport [23] and Museum [24]. For example, in [22], Monahan et al simulated a college environment with students and teachers.…”

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“…The carried surveys illustrated that the proposed type of exhibit is exciting and attractive for users. In [24] Mu et al designed a VR environment for multi-user learning in Museum. The primary way of the interaction between users is pre-defined gestures that can be customized by users using a Graphical User Interface (GUI).…”

Section: Avatar-based Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…4 Sensor-based VCP environments created to (a) simulate a large factory [34] and (b) watching movies [38]. [20], simulating metropolitan structures: university [22], airport [23] and Museum [24], psychological test [25] minimal motion transfer error, ease of design based on the application, no need for maintenance and calibrations or wearing extra equipment limited number of interactions and lack of authentic motion directly transferred from users Sensor-based direct motion retargeting evaluating the effectiveness of human avatars [35,37,32], simulating social events [33,38], analyzing human behavior and motions [39,36] authentic motion transfer directly from users, no limitation on variety of motions need for regular maintenance, calibration and training and difficulty of using wearable devices…”

Section: Sensor-based Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Survey on Applications of Digital Human Avatars toward Virtual Co-presence

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This paper investigates different approaches to build and use digital human avatars toward interactive Virtual Co-presence (VCP) environments. We evaluate the evolution of technologies for creating VCP environments and how the advancement in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Computer Graphics affect the quality of VCP environments. We categorize different methods in the literature based on their applications and methodology and compare various groups and strategies based on their applications, contributions, and limitations. We also have a brief discussion about the approaches that other forms of human representation, rather than digital human avatars, have been utilized in VCP environments. Our goal is to fill the gap in the research domain where there is a lack of literature review investigating different approaches for creating avatar-based VCP environments. We hope this study will be useful for future research involving human representation in VCP or Virtual Reality (VR) environments. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first survey research that investigates avatar-based VCP environments. Specifically, the categorization methodology suggested in this paper for avatar-based methods is new.

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“…Some other benefits the virtual environment provides are remote access to educational tools and services [15]. Mu, Yang and Zhang, have developed a means for users in a virtual environment to interact through gestures and express emotions [24]. Research has been conducted to study the role human visual systems play in the use of 3D driving simulators [25].…”

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A Collaborative Virtual Environment for Safe Driving in a Virtual City by Obeying Traffic Laws

Sharma¹

2017

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The collaborative virtual city environment provides practice to perform informal unstructured, collaborative, constructivist learning instead of instructing individuals on a formal, structured, and programmed based environment. A collaborative virtual city environment has been created using vizard software that can be used by new drivers to help them learn about traffic laws and traffic safety in a safe controlled environment. Pilot studies have been conducted with the system showing its partial success and demonstrate that collaborative learning approach we propose can succeed with smaller group sizes. A significant number of participants followed the traffic rules. Overall 24% participants did not follow any traffic rule. Interestingly the majority of users who did not follow the traffic rules were novice users. Also, there was no marked difference noted for following the traffic rules between participants using the non-immersive and immersive environment. Subjective responses indicated that the Collaborative virtual environment was realistic and engaging. This environment will allow users to prepare for driving exams and we hope that it could possibly become an alternative, supplement, or replacement for the traditional driver's handbook. Index Terms-Collaborative virtual environment, virtual worlds training simulations, driving simulator, transportation visualization, driver behavior, driver training  This paper proposes an immersive multiuser environment for teaching traffic safety and driving skills in a virtual city. We hope that users of the application will be able to gain skills and knowledge in the virtual environment that they can apply to the real world due to the sense of presence and realism a virtual environment provides. Our contribution lies in our approach to combine computer simulated agents and user controlled autonomous agents in a collaborative virtual environment to teach traffic safety and driving skills in a virtual city. A collaborative 3D virtual city environment has been created that can be used by new drivers to help them learn about traffic laws and traffic safety in a safe controlled 84

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Implementation of the Interactive Gestures of Virtual Avatar Based on a Multi-user Virtual Learning Environment

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A Survey on Applications of Digital Human Avatars toward Virtual Co-presence

A Survey on Applications of Digital Human Avatars toward Virtual Co-presence

A Collaborative Virtual Environment for Safe Driving in a Virtual City by Obeying Traffic Laws

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