Virtual characters facial and body animation through the edition and interpretation of mark-up languages

Abstract: The virtual characters are starting to be widely used in user interfaces in order to improve the human–computer communication. However, the design of avatar animation is still largely restricted to specialized users, revealing a current lack of intuitive and easy-to-use editing tools. In this paper, we propose to develop a graphic editor based on mark-up language. After analyzing the main existing mark-up languages, we decided to follow the specifications of the virtual human mark-up language (VHML). In this paper, we present the development of the graphic editor based on this mark-up language and its interpreter for generating the real-time avatar animation. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]