Performatology: an arts approach to designing performative embodied agents (PEAs) for procedural character animation
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Abstract
This FDG 2011 Doctoral Consortium paper gives an overview of my Computer Science research approach and initial results in applying principles and theories from the Performing Arts to problems related to embodied agent design and animation for games.
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June 2011
356 pages
ISBN:9781450308045
DOI:10.1145/2159365
- Conference Chair:
- Marc Cavazza,
- Program Chairs:
- Katherine Isbister,
- Charles Rich
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Published: 29 June 2011
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