Ronen Barzel John F. Hughes Daniel Wood Paper (PDF) Abstract Images Bibtex

Accuracy is the ubiquitous goal of dynamic simulation, in order to yield the "correct" motion. But for creating animations, what is really of interest is "plausible" motion, which is somewhat different. We discuss what we mean by plausible simulation, how it differs from "accurate" simulation, and why we think it's a worthwhile area to study. The discussion touches on questions of physically plausible vs. visually plausible motion, plausible simulation in a noisy or textured environment, and probability measures for motion, as well as issues for forward and inverse problems.

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@inproceedings{Barzel:1996:PMS,

  author = "Ronen Barzel and John F. Hughes and Daniel Wood",

  title = "Plausible Motion Simulation for Computer Animation",

  year = "1996",

  booktitle = "EGCAS '96: Seventh International Workshop on    Computer Animation and Simulation",

}