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Subtle Animations using Talent Tracking in a Virtual (TV) Studio
The Virtual Sets and Virtual Environments Laboratory of the FH Düsseldorf developed and tested subtle animations using a talent tracking system for virtual studio applications.
Markerless talent tracking is widely used for interactions and animations within virtual environments. In a virtual (tv) studio talents could be overburden by interaction tasks because camera and text require extensive attention. We take a look into animations and interactions within a studio, which do not require any special attention or learning. We show the generation of an artificial shadow from a talent, which ease the keying process, where separation of real shadows from the background is a difficult task. We also demonstrate animations of footsteps and dust. Furthermore, capturing talents' height can also be used to adjust the parameters of elements in the virtual environment, like the position and scaling of a virtual display. In addition to the talents, a rigid body was tracked as placeholder for graphics, easing the interaction tasks for a talent.
Two test productions show the possibilities, which subtle animations offer. In the second production, the rendering was improved (shadows, filtering, normal maps, ...) and instead of using the rigid body to move an object (i.e., the flag), the animation was only controlled by the the hand's position.
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Production team
Following members took part in the 1st production:
Sunny Bansemer, Fabian Büntig, Jaroslav Lang, Florian Lück, Mitja Säger, and Rolouf Sörensen
The 2nd production was done by:
Fabian Büntig, Davut Ceri, Dominik Garsche, Matthias Heinz, Jan Kiene, Jaroslav Lang, Florian Lück, and Oskar Smollny
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- Jonathan Simsch and Jens Herder, 11th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment, ACE 2014, Funchal, Portugal, November 11-14, 2014
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- Jeff Daemen, Peter Haufs-Brusberg, and Jens Herder, International Joint Conference on Awareness Science and Technology & Ubi-Media Computing (iCAST 2013 & UMEDIA 2013), HC-2013 Track, Hamamatsu/Aizu-Wakamatsu/Duesseldorf, November, 2013.
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- Production at FH Düsseldorf Virtuellen Studio, SS 2013.
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