We present a learning-based method for the realtime synthesis of trajectories for character animation. The method is based on the approximation of complex movements by a small set of spatial movement primitives, or synergies. Applying kernel methods, such learned primitives are associated with nonlinear dynamical systems that, similar to central pattern generators in biological systems, produce...

We describe HandMove (Human ANimation by Direct Manipulation of Objects and Visual Elements), a highly interactive system for building animated scenes by direct manipulation. Its underlying model is based on concurrent evolution of graphical objects, position and attribute constraints, trajectory-based motion, event synchronization. Animation may be produced by time signals, user input or appli...

Lworld is a computer graphics animation system based on L-systems, a parallel rewriting technique used primarily in computer graphics for plant modeling. Because rule-based programming is a powerful technique, we use it as a basis for a general-purpose animation system called Lworld (LSystem world). We describe the architecture, the features, and the programming language of the animation system...