Introduction to Special Section on Data-Driven Research Challenge

We propose a new approach to represent and manipulate a mesh-based character animation preserving its time-varying details. Our method first decomposes the input mesh animation into coarse and fine deformation components. A model for the coarse ...

With the increase in popularity of procedural urban modeling for film, TV, and interactive entertainment, an urgent need for editing tools to support procedural content creation has become apparent. In this paper we present an end-to-end system for ...

One of the most challenging tasks for an animator is to quickly create convincing facial expressions. Finding an effective control interface to manipulate facial geometry has traditionally required experienced users (usually technical directors), who ...