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Realistic Crowds via Motion Capture and Cell Marking

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Articulated Motion and Deformable Objects (AMDO 2016)

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Ever since the first use of crowds in films and video games there has been an interest in larger, more efficient and more realistic simulations of crowds. Most crowd simulation algorithms are able to satisfy the viewer from a distance but when inspected from close up the flaws in the individual agent’s movements become noticeable. One of the bigger challenges faced in crowd simulation is finding a solution that models the actual movement of an individual in a crowd. This paper simulates a more realistic crowd by using individual motion capture data as well as traditional crowd control techniques. By augmenting traditional crowd control algorithms with the use of motion capture data for individual agents, we can simulate crowds that mimic more realistic crowd motion, while maintaining real-time simulation speed.

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  1. Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA

    Seth Brunner & Parris K. Egbert

  2. University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, USA

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Brunner, S., Ricks, B., Egbert, P.K. (2016). Realistic Crowds via Motion Capture and Cell Marking. In: Perales, F., Kittler, J. (eds) Articulated Motion and Deformable Objects. AMDO 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9756. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41778-3_7

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