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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>HUMANOID ANIMATION </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Web3D X3D HAnimHumanoid</p><p class=MsoNormal>(HOMO ANIMATIO INFORMATICUS)</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Our HAnim character can be a true </p><p class=MsoNormal>interaction-driven information machine </p><p class=MsoNormal>of both a personal nature to acquire, store, </p><p class=MsoNormal>and maintain temporal data requested by </p><p class=MsoNormal>the author, and for integration as a fully </p><p class=MsoNormal>parameterized character functioning </p><p class=MsoNormal>under author control or autonomously in any </p><p class=MsoNormal>augmented data-driven virtual environment. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>For x3d HAnim this is accomplished by </p><p class=MsoNormal>establishing a realistic Joint-based skeleton that </p><p class=MsoNormal>can include x3d styles of indexed geometry as a </p><p class=MsoNormal>partial or continuous mesh skeleton-actuated </p><p class=MsoNormal>deformable skin. This forms the basis for locating </p><p class=MsoNormal>any x3d geometry and sensors for various </p><p class=MsoNormal>standard and user-defined external, surface, </p><p class=MsoNormal>and internal feature points related to the </p><p class=MsoNormal>skeleton or skin. </p><p class=MsoNormal>Additionally, scalar-driven mesh actuators </p><p class=MsoNormal>can independently and as collections move </p><p class=MsoNormal>individual or collections of points of any </p><p class=MsoNormal>indexed geometry of the Humanoid.</p><p class=MsoNormal>In short, although the HAnimHumanoid </p><p class=MsoNormal>defines certain specific nodes, fields, and </p><p class=MsoNormal>hierarchies for the Humanoid application, </p><p class=MsoNormal>it is pure X3D. </p><p class=MsoNormal>In fact, I see that the entire purpose of everything </p><p class=MsoNormal>you have learned about VRML and X3D is to </p><p class=MsoNormal>produce this realistic very transportable humanoid </p><p class=MsoNormal>character operating with or without other </p><p class=MsoNormal>compatible characters along with user(s) in </p><p class=MsoNormal>stimulus/response time and event-driven scene </p><p class=MsoNormal>augmented virtual environments.</p><p class=MsoNormal>Thus, at the basis, it can deliver the extensible character </p><p class=MsoNormal>built to operate as a virtual humanoid in this web of </p><p class=MsoNormal>information systems that can serve in our metaverse </p><p class=MsoNormal>with trust and security. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But that is past, present, and future evolution and </p><p class=MsoNormal>Extension of x3d and HAnim. For now, let's think </p><p class=MsoNormal>about how we use the HAnim standardized </p><p class=MsoNormal>Humanoid skeleton as a base to implement </p><p class=MsoNormal>the character model. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>…</p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,</p><p class=MsoNormal>Joe<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>