CapTech'98
First International Workshop on Modelling and Motion Capture Techniques
for Virtual Environments
26-28 November 1998, Geneva, Switzerland
Organized by :
MIRAlab, University of Geneva
LIG, EPF Lausanne
Sponsored by :
IFIP, Working Group 5.10 (Computer Graphics and Virtual Worlds)
3 me Cycle Romand d'Informatique
Conference and Program Co-Chairs:
Nadia MAGNENAT-THALMANN (University of Geneva)
Daniel THALMANN (EPFL)
International Program Committee:
Alonso, Gustavo (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Badler, Norman (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Carson, Steve (GSC, USA)
Chua, Tat-Seng (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Earnshaw, Rae (University of Bradford, UK)
Encarnacao, Jose (Institut fuer Graphische Datenverarbeitung, Germany)
Fellner Dieter (University of Braunschweig, Germany)
Flerackers, Eddy (Limburg University Center, Belgium)
Fua, Pascal (EPFL, Switzerland)
Gibbs, Simon (Sony, USA)
Gruen, Armin (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Kalra, Prem (Indian Institute of Technology, India)
Kaufman, Arie (State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA)
Keller, Eric (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
Klimenko, Stanislav (Institute for High Energy Physics, Russia)
Kunii, Tosiyasu L. (Computational Science Research Center,Japan)
Metaxas, Dimitris (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
Niblett, Tim (Turing Institute, UK)
Pentland, Alex (MIT, USA)
Reinfelds, Juris (New Mexico State University, USA)
Rosenblum, Larry (Naval Research Lab, USA)
Shin, Sung Yong (KAIST, Korea)
Skala, Vaclav (University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic)
Suenaga, Yasuhito (Nagoya University, Japan)
Teixeira, Jose Carlos (Centro de Computacao Grafica, Portugal)
Ten Hagen, Paul (CWI, Netherlands)
Terzopoulos, Demetri (University of Toronto, Canada)
Van Gool, Luc (KU leuwen, Belgium)
Willis, P J (Bath University, UK)
Wolter Franz (University of Hannover, Germany)
Final Program
Uni Dufour
24 Rue du GThetanThetaral Dufour
Room 159 (1st floor)
26 November 1998
9.00 ~ 9.30 : Welcoming Ceremony
Session Chair : Prof. D. Thalmann, EPF Lausanne, Switzerland
- Welcome address by Prof. N. Magnenat-Thalmann, Conf. Chair CapTech'98,
3eme cycle Romand d'informatique, University
of Geneva.
- Opening address by Prof. K. Bauknecht, President of IFIP, University
of Z^nrich.
9.30 ~ 10.00 Invited speaker : E. BadiquTheta, European Commission, ACTS
Programme, Belgium
Session Chair : Prof. N. Magnenat-Thalmann, University of Geneva,
Switzerland
New Media Technologies: ACTS results, IST perspectives
E. BadiquTheta,
European Commission, Brussels, Belgium.
10.00 ~ 10.30 : Coffee Break
10-30 ~ 12-30 Session : Human Motion Analysis
Session Chair : Dr. L. Moccozet, University of Geneva, Switzerland
- A Robust Human-Silhouette Extraction Technique for Interactive
Virtual Environments
J. W. Davis and A. F. Bobick,
MIT, USA.
- Local and Global Skeleton Fitting Techniques for Optical Motion
Capture
M.-C. Silaghi, R. PlSigmankers, R. Boulic, P. Fua and D. Thalmann,
EPF Lausanne, Switzerland.
- 3D Part Recognition Method for Human Motion Analysis
C. Yssniz, J. Rocha and F. Perales,
University of the Balearic Islands, Spain.
- Motion Analysis in Clinical Practice using Ambulatory Accelerometry
K. Aminian, E. De Andres, K. Rezakhanlou, C. Fritsch, Y. Schutz, M.
Depairon, P.-F. Leyvraz and P. Robert,
EPF Lausanne, H pital orthopThetadique de la Suisse Romande, University of
Lausanne, Switzerland.
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12.30 ~ 14.15 : Lunch
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14.15 ~ 15.00 Panel : State of the Art in Capturing Technologies
Session Chair : Prof. D. Thalmann, EPF Lausanne, Switzerland
Panelists :
- Dr. P. Fua, EPF Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Prof. T.L. Kunii, Hosei University, Japan.
- Prof. H. Shen, Honk-Kong University of Science and Technology,
Republic of China.
- Prof. N. Magnenat-Thalmann, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
- Prof. F.E. Wolter, University of Hannover, Germany.
15.00 ~ 15.45 Invited speaker : Prof. T.L. Kunii, Hosei University,
Japan
Session Chair : Prof. F.E. Wolter, University of Hannover, Germany
A Graphics Compiler for a 3-Dimensional Captured Image Database and
Captured Image Reusability
T. L. Kunii, Y. Saito and M. Shiine,
Hosei University, Monolith Co., Institute of Digital Art and Sciences,
Japan.
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15.45 ~ 16.15 : Coffee Break
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16.15 ~ 17.30 : Visit MIRALab, guided by Dr. C. Zanardi, University of
Geneva, Switzerland
19.30 : Reception and Conference Dinner
27 November 1998
9.30 ~ 10.00 Invited speaker : Prof. R. Earnshaw, University of
Bradford, United Kingdom
Session Chair : Prof. T.L. Kunii, Hosei University, Japan
Virtual Environments and the Future of New Media
10.00 ~ 11.00 Session : Image and Video Manipulation
Session Chair : Dr. P. Fua, EPF Lausanne, Switzerland
- VideoVR: A Real-Time System for Automatically Constructing Panoramic
Images from Video Clips
D.-Y. Chen, M. C-C. Ho and M. Ouhyoung,
National Taiwan University, Taiwan.
- The Video Yardstick
T. Brodsk^2, C. Ferm^nller and Y. Aloimonos,
University of Maryland, USA.
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11.00 ~ 11.30 : Coffee Break
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11.30 ~ 13.00 Session : Image/Video based Facial Animation
Session Chair : Dr. I. Pandzic, University of Geneva, Switzerland
- BThetazier Volume Deformation Model for Facial Animation and Video
Tracking
H. Tao and T.S. Huang,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
- Head Modeling from Pictures and Morphing in 3D with Image
Metamorphosis based on Triangulation
W.-S. Lee and N. Magnenat-Thalmann,
University of Geneva, Switzerland.
- Facial Animation by Synthesis of Captured and Artificial Data
Z. Ruttkay, P. ten Hagen, H. Noot and M. Savenije,
CWI, The Netherlands.
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13.00 ~ 14.30 : Lunch
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14.30 ~ 15.15 Panel : Virtual Amusement Park, the EU ACTS Project VPARK
Session Chair : Prof. E. Badique, European Commission, ACTS Programme,
Belgium
Panelists :
- Y. Kobopoulos, Integrated Information Systems Ltd., Greece.
- Prof. R. Earnshaw, University of Bradford, United Kingdom.
- T. Sweeney, National Museum of Photography, United Kingdom.
- Prof. N. Magnenat-Thalmann, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
- Prof. D. Thalmann, EPF Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Dr. V. Goetcherian, Arax Ltd., United Kingdom.
15.15 ~ 16.45 Session : Human Motion Capture and Manipulation, part one
Session Chair : Prof. R. Earnshaw, University of Bradford, United
Kingdom
- Motion Capture Data Manipulation and Reuse via B-splines
S. Sudarsky and D. House,
Texas A&M University, USA.
- Motion Abstraction and Mapping with Spatial Constraints
R. Bindiganavale and N. Badler,
University of Pennsylvania, USA.
- Artificial Neural Networks for Motion Emulation in Virtual
Environments
Y. Bellan, M. Costa, G. Ferrigno, F. Lombardi, L. Macchiarulo, Montuori,
E. Pasero and C. Rigotti,
Politecnico di Milano - Politecnico di Tornio, Italy.
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16.45 ~ 17.15 : Coffee Break
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17.15 ~ 18.15 Session : Human Motion Capture and Manipulation, part two
Session Chair : Prof. R. Earnshaw, University of Bradford, United
Kingdom
- Synthesis of Human Motion using Kalman Filter
Sul, S. Jung and K. Wohn
KAIST, Korea.
- Real-time Hand and Head Tracking for Virtual Environments using
Infrared Beacons
K. Dorfm^nller and H. Wirth,
ZGDV Computer Graphics Center, Germany.
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18.15~20.00 : Computer Animation'98 film festival
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28 November 1998
9.15 ~ 10.45 Session : Motion Control
Session Chair : Prof. H. Shen, Honk-Kong University of Science and
Technology, Republic of China
- Real-time Inverse Kinematics through Constrained Dynamics
W. Tang, M. Cavazza, D. Mountain and R. Earnshaw,
University of Bradford, UK.
- Goal-directed Navigation for Animated Characters using Real-time Path
Planning and Control
J. Kuffner,
Stanford University, USA.
- Real-Time Requirements for the Implementation of Speech-Controlled
Artificial Actors
M. Cavazza, I. Palmer and S. Parnell,
University of Bradford, UK.
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10.45 ~ 11.15 : Coffee Break
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11.15 ~ 12.45 Session : Human Body and Objects 3D Reconstruction
Session Chair : Dr. M. Cavazza, University of Bradford, United Kingdom
- 3D Modeling from Captured Images using Bi-directional Ray Traversal
Method
H. Zaima and T. Yamamoto,
Hokkaido University, Japan.
- Face Models from Uncalibrated Video Sequences
P. Fua,
EPF Lausanne, CH.
- A 3D Reconstruction System for Human Body Modeling
J. Gu, T. Chang, I. Mak, S. Gopalsamy, H. C. Shen and M. M. F. Yuen,
Honk-Kong University of Science and Technology, Republic of China.
12.45 ~ 13.00 : closing session