H-Anim :   Animation of Characters with Articluated Joints

a   standard   VRML Viewer & Java are required.

More & Better Interactive Avatars Programs :

• H-Anim People Poser :   Improved, with more Avatars, more Movable Joints.
• ez Avatar Builder :   View multiple Avatars with Human Animation.
  • does not build avatars, yet ...
  • does not use H-Anim Avatars, yet ...
  • multiple, moving avatars can be loaded ( one at at time )
  • the best, most fully featured Java x3d Viewer :   Shout3d with my extensions.

  These humanoid avatars were all posed with this applet,   female avatars usually wear skimpy outfits.

  MetaCreation's Poser 4 supports the H-Anim standard used here.

  You can download and view the   VRML   .wrl   file .

  It's simple text file, created with a text editor.

  It's fun to use magic, but I didn't use it here.

  This is Java EAI with your VRML plug-in.

  If your plug-in is non-compliant   . . .   well   . . .

    you may have problems and it's not my problem.

  Note :   The avatar may be a robot or a girl, I'm working on both.
    You'll be able to choose amoung any of several avatars soon.

   

  Character Animation, 8 joints, pure Java :

        " Ally McBeal :   Stick Figure Animation "
  • Character Animation :   Stick Figure Animation :   She walks, you can move her limbs.

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        - - -   H-Anim, the Humanoid Animation Standard   - - -

  Not necessarily EAI, but Java EAI will support it.
  • H-Anim :   Humanoid Animation Working Group
  • Virtual Humanoids In VRML   ( Christian Babski, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology )

  EAI Resources   ( " VRML is ,  EAI does " ) :

  • EAI Developers Directory   ( Cosmo, formerly of Silicon Graphics )
  • VRML 2.0 EAI FAQ
          - - - Demos - - -
  • Robot Arm, five joints   Industrial type;   ( Netscape only ? )
  • Tiny-3d   ADD, Move, Rotate VRML Objects;   with   source code

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  Verified :   works correctly with : Windows95 Cosmo with MiSE & Netscape Blaxxun with MiSE Macintosh   MacOS 8.5.1 Netscape 4.06, Netscape 4.51 + CosmoPlayer 2.1b1       ( reports a Harvard student ) Known Problems : Windows95 Blaxxun with Netscape     Currently disabled for this configuration.     Previously :   Browser reported an error and closed. Blaxxun non-compliance is the suspected problem. Everything else :   I Dunno   . . .   You could let me know   . . .

  - - - extract : my post to comp.lang.vrml - - - - -

  This is my first VRML EAI ( Java control of your VRML plug in ) character.

  It's a 3d Girl and you can move her arms and legs with four slider controls.

  Update :   Robot with 8 joints and slider controls, 2 per limb.

  http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/vrml_avatar.html

  There are just four joints, one per limb, and the rotations are limited to one plane.

  But it's just day one and more joints and stuff will be added soon.

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  For this to work you need a VRML plug-in viewer and a Java enabled browser.

  ... and a prayer ...

  Developed on Windows95 with Cosmo 2.1, tested with Netscape and MiSE.

  I _ hope _ it will work on all platforms and combinations of everything ...

  but don't bet on it.

  Pure Java : ( "Ally McBeal : Stick Figure Animation ) : 2d animation, 8 joints.

  http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/character_animation.html
  http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/java3dviewer.html

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  A VRML Girl you can manipulate with the a Java EAI controlling applet,

  I'm showing the picture in case it didn't work above   ....  

  In this first release there are four joints and each limb rotates on a single plane.

  More joints, more controls, more freedom of movement are pending   . . .

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  Rie,   Wonder Karaoke, WonderSpace by Matsushita Electric ( Japan ) Download.			Nancy, Sanbaso Humanoid Animation   by Matthew Lewis.	Intel Insidious Technology
  Netscape Required;   These FAIL :   Explorer, Blaxxun.				Ok for Shockwave

  • Character Animation :   Stick Figure Animation :   She walks, you can move her limbs.
  • 3d Viewer : View & Rotate 3d, shaded objects   interactively
  • Clinton Clock :   Animations & 3d Model Display :   2d Image Rotations & 3d Texture Mappings
  • Math is a Game :   Math : Java + Math = Graphics & Animation
  • Online Arcade Games, information on animation in the other movie
  • Mattel's $60 Digital Camera :   Digital Imaging for Kids !
  • Contents :   Imaging the Imagined :   Modeling with Math & a Keyboard
  • Undieware :   Comfort & Support for the User :   Software, Hardware, Undieware :   Support Issues If the animations don't run smoothly ... it may be your fault.   ( Undies Underneath ) © 1998

  we know . . .

  open systems, competition & free software are good,   Long Live Java.

  This site introduces all aspects of computer graphics.

  • Ally McBeal :   Stick Figure Animation

      Move and rotate the character and 8 body parts :   Matrix Transformations   at work.

   

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