Real-Time Motion Transition by Example

Motion transitioning is a common task in real-time applications such as games. While most character motions can be created a priori using motion capture or hand animation, transitions between these motions must be created by an animation system at runtime. Because of this requirement, it is often di...

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Main Author: Egbert, Cameron Quinn
Format: Others
Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2005
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Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/429
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1428&context=etd
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Summary:Motion transitioning is a common task in real-time applications such as games. While most character motions can be created a priori using motion capture or hand animation, transitions between these motions must be created by an animation system at runtime. Because of this requirement, it is often difficult to create a transition that preserves the feel that the actor or animator has put into the motion. An additional difficulty is that transitions must be created in real-time. This paper provides a method of creating motion transitions that is both computationally feasible for interactive speeds, and preserves the feel of the original motions. To do this, we build the transition from both a procedural motion and a motion segment taken from the motions being transitioned between.