Using Motion Capture Data to Optimize Procedural Animation

Abstract

INTRODUCTION\r\nProcedural animation [1][3] has the advantage of being able to generate flexible animations according to high-level\r\nparameters while motion capture-based (MoCap-based) methods [2] have the advantage of creating realistic animations.\r\nIn this paper, we attempt to use the data from motion capture to automatically find an optimal set of parameters\r\nthat can be used to produce realistic animations for procedural animation. These sets of procedural parameters\r\ncan then be interpolated to produce desired animations by taking into account the constraints in a specific scenario.\r\nThe experimental results show that the proposed method can not only produce plausible animations but also accommodate\r\nenvironmental constraints by adjusting high-level procedural parameters.