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. -- 12.30 ~ 14.15 : Lunch -- 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. -- 15.45 ~ 16.15 : Coffee Break -- 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. -- 11.00 ~ 11.30 : Coffee Break -- 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. -- 13.00 ~ 14.30 : Lunch -- 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. -- 16.45 ~ 17.15 : Coffee Break -- 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. -- 18.15~20.00 : Computer Animation'98 film festival -- 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. -- 10.45 ~ 11.15 : Coffee Break -- 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