Human-virtual human interaction by upper body gesture understanding

• Main Authors: Xiao, Yang, Yuan, Junsong, Thalmann, Daniel
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100286; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18125
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this paper, a novel human-virtual human interaction system is proposed. This system supports a real human to communicate with a virtual human using natural body language. Meanwhile, the virtual human is capable of understanding the meaning of human upper body gestures and reacting with its own pe...