TY - GEN
T1 - ARCrowd - A tangible interface for interactive crowd simulation
AU - Zheng, Feng
AU - Li, Hongsong
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Manipulating a large virtual crowd in an interactive virtual reality environment is a challenging task due to the limitations of the traditional user interface. To address this problem, a tangible interface based on augmented reality (AR) technology is introduced. With a novel interaction framework, the users are allowed to manipulate the virtual characters directly, or to control the crowd behaviors with markers and gestures. The marker-gesture pairs are used to adjust the environment factors, the decision-making processes of virtual crowds, and their reactions. The AR interface provides more intuitive means of control for the users, promoting the efficiency of user interface. Several simulation examples are provided to illustrate the various crowd control methods.
AB - Manipulating a large virtual crowd in an interactive virtual reality environment is a challenging task due to the limitations of the traditional user interface. To address this problem, a tangible interface based on augmented reality (AR) technology is introduced. With a novel interaction framework, the users are allowed to manipulate the virtual characters directly, or to control the crowd behaviors with markers and gestures. The marker-gesture pairs are used to adjust the environment factors, the decision-making processes of virtual crowds, and their reactions. The AR interface provides more intuitive means of control for the users, promoting the efficiency of user interface. Several simulation examples are provided to illustrate the various crowd control methods.
KW - Augmented reality
KW - Crowd authoring
KW - Crowd simulation
KW - User interface
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79952741543&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/1943403.1943482
DO - 10.1145/1943403.1943482
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79952741543
SN - 9781450304191
T3 - International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Proceedings IUI
SP - 427
EP - 430
BT - Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, IUI'11
T2 - 2011 15th ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, IUI'11
Y2 - 13 February 2011 through 16 February 2011
ER -