[x3d-public] key frames animation; how’s John?

[Joseph D Williams]

➢ create a way to to animate a LOA4 humanoid with standard motions.

https://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/HumanoidAnimation/Specifications/HAnim1SpecificationLOA3AnimationIndex.html

Hi John,
we know how to do that, anyone have an loa4 skeleton? 
Those anims should work just fine, just need good loa4 and joint names changed,
Joe


From: John Carlson
Sent: Monday, October 3, 2022 5:44 PM
To: Joseph D Williams
Cc: X3D Graphics public mailing list
Subject: Re: [x3d-public] key frames animation; how’s John?


Or:  create a way to to animate a LOA4 humanoid with standard motions.

John

On Mon, Oct 3, 2022 at 5:58 PM Joseph D Williams <joedwil at earthlink.net> wrote:
OK, here is some fun for some artificialized intelligence for helping anyone create a realistic skeleton-driven humanoid using ‘standard’ animations. 
 
This time start with a skin of about 1551 or up to maybe 20001 or so points, maybe created by sampling of scans or photographs, coordinates drawn in humanoid (realistic) scale, with points at the ‘standard surface body and facial feature points, then fit this with the loa4 skeleton, do some simple animations to learn how to bind and weight skin points to appropriate skeleton joints, create a single texture from a sampling of photographs and map it to the skin, then demonstrate the character by performing a set of standard animations designed to be usable with the loa4 skeleton, with these steps accomplished probably in no particular order for any particular character. Alternatively, start with the skeleton and build the skin around it, then do the bindings.
 
We have a couple of examples this character assembler can use to learn some things and there must be opportunity for a user to tune the thing and add accessories. 
 
Navigation is moving the active view in the parent space coordinate system using translation, orientation and standard camera focal controls. A keyframe is data for a specific control at a specific time relative to parent time coordinate system. Animation is accomplished by progressively rendering one or a synchronized group of keyframes in sequence over some time period. If the renderer is ready to create the next frame and it is less than the exact time of the next keyframe then the x3d player will create a keyframe by interpolating control data points using the previous and next keyframe. If the current time is exactly the same as the specified key time, then no interpolation takes place and the data is used directly. This makes it realtime anytime so you are not limited to a fixed frame rate or specific key time as found in typical video, meaning you can show only the keyframes or examine computed data at everytime between previous and next. 
 
• my orbitals/rhodonea
 
Where are those things now?
 
• leaving time research 
 
are you sure that is possible?
 
Joe
 
From: John Carlson
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2022 7:44 PM
To: X3D Graphics public mailing list
Subject: [x3d-public] key frames animation; how’s John?
 
Is A. I. Whisperer’s animation generator method preferred for creating key frames?
 
https://youtu.be/WS-cnyTd9Dw
 
 
I’ve just watched some of the video, but I’m trying to think of a similar way of doing this with a different type of Navigator type.
 
If anyone wants to bake up some navigations/keyframes for my orbitals/rhodonea, it would be most appreciated.
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Personal stuff below 
 
I don’t know if I’ve told you guys my CTS/RSI is improving.   Praise be to The Healer.  Now I’m wondering what to do with this gift?   I’m waiting for a door to open at this point.   I’ve been successfully spending 6+ hours on the iPhone during the day.
 
Note:   I’m working on my “Pathological Demand Avoidance” now.   I’m beginning to understand that 1) I’m not lazy 2) I’m not unmotivated.  My wife calls it “The Man Avoidance.”  lol 
 
I’m leaving time research.  I can DM anyone interested my results.
 
John
 

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