1994/01/01 by Xiaoyuan Tu, Demetri Terzopoulos · 2 citations
Computer Science · Engineering · #Animation #Artificial intelligence #Artificial life #Biology #Computer animation #Computer graphics (images) #Computer science #Geology #Human Motion and Animation #Human–computer interaction #Motion (physics) #Movement (music) #Music Technology and Sound Studies #Natural (archaeology) #Perception #Physics #Robotic Locomotion and Control #Scope (computer science) #Situated #Virtual world
paper · doi:10.1145/192161.192170
openalex publication_date 1994/01/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31
This paper proposes a framework for animation that can achieve the intricacy of motion evident in certain natural ecosystems with minimal input from the animator. The realistic appearance, movement, and behavior of individual animals, as well as the patterns of behavior evident in groups of animals fall within the scope of the framework. Our approach to emulating this level of natural complexity is to model each animal holistically as an autonomous agent situated in its physical world. To demonstrate the approach, we develop a physics-based, virtual marine world. The world is inhabited by artificial fishes that can swim hydrodynamically in simulated water through the motor control of internal muscles that motivates fins. Their repertoire of behaviors relies on their perception of the dynamic environment. As in nature, the detailed motions of artificial fishes in their virtual habitat are not entirely predictable because they are not scripted.