H-Anim

Meetings

• Working Group: Wednesday, 5pm, PDT or PST for 1 hour
• Next: April 23rd (Wednesday) at 5:00pm PDT
• Agenda and Minutes
• International Standards Organization (ISO)

Work

• Proposed
• Planned
• In-Progress
• Completed

Governance

• Chairpersons: Myeong Won Lee, William O. Glascoe III
• Members: Joe Williams (Subject Matter Expert), Don Brutzman, Richard Puk, Sandy Ressler, Keith Victor, David Bruner, Anita Havele, Jung-Ju Choi, Kwan-Hee Yoo
• Charter
• Strategic Plan
• Marketing Plan
• Strategic Report

Specifications

• Drafted
• In-Review
• Ratified

Users

• User Stories
• Use Cases
• Requirements

Partners

• Relationships
• Exchanges
• Dependencies

Usage

• Toolkits
• Techniques
• Tips & Tricks

Technologies

• Alternate Animation File Formats
• Computing Platforms
• Networking

Sciences

• Anthropometry
• Biomechanics
• Exercise Physiology
• Kinesiology

Resources

• Open Virtual Reality Testbed [1] for Open Virtual Reality Testbed page on human joint types and counts
• H-Anim Executive Summary for more Working Group information
• H-Anim working group
• Humanoid Animation V1.0 Specification (.zip)
• H-Anim Examples in the X3D Basic Examples Archive

Procedure for H-Anim character design

• Procedure for designing an H-Anim character with a general design tool

H-Anim wrl to x3d converter

• Converter from H-Anim WRL to H-Anim X3D
• test version

H-Anim LOA Figures

• LOA1 example figures: Media:BonesAllSkeletonFrontView LOA1.png and Media:JointNamesLOA1.png

Media:BonesAllSkeletonFrontView LOA1n.png

• LOA2 example figure: Media:BonesAllSkeletonFrontView LOA2.png

Media:BonesAllSkeletonFrontView LOA2n.png

• LOA3 example figure: Media:BonesAllSkeletonFrontView LOA3.png

Media:BonesAllSkeletonFrontView LOA3n.png

The background skeleton and images for the human skeleton can be found in the Basic Medical examples archive:

• SkeletonCompleteNormals.x3d

• H-Anim examples archive:

H-Anim Behavior Prototypes

Prototypes for HAnimBehavior node, which collects OrientationInterpolators for aggregate animation of an H-Anim humanoid model, and HAnimBodyBehaviorChooser, which selects one body and enables/disables multiple aggregate behaviors.

• http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/Basic/HumanoidAnimation/
• http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/Basic/HumanoidAnimation/Web3D2007BlendedBehaviorsChangeableBodies.pdf
• http://www.web3d.org/x3d/content/examples/Basic/HumanoidAnimation/ApaydinThesis.pdf

H-Anim examples designed with a general tool (10 H-Anim characters)

• 1Jin wrl, x3d, texture image
• 2Chul wrl, x3d, texture image
• 3Hyun wrl, x3d, texture image
• 4Young wrl, x3d, texture image
• 5Ju wrl, x3d, texture image
• 6Ga wrl, x3d, texture image
• 7No wrl, x3d, texture image
• 8Da wrl, x3d, texture image
• 9Ru wrl, x3d, texture image
• 10Mi wrl, x3d, texture image

Current Work

Working group chairs keep the following pages up to date:

• Humanoid Animation (H-Anim) overview on web3d.org site
• This wiki page

Joe and Don are working each Monday night [1700-1900 pacific, Web3D teleconference line) on

• Confirming first the status of all current work relative to the approved H-Anim Specification
  • X3D Basic Examples for H-Anim
  • X3D tooltips, X3D DOCTYPE Documentation and X3D Schema Documentation for the H-Anim nodes
  • X3D Player Support for H-Anim
  • X3D Authoring Tool Support for H-Anim including X3D-Edit
  • X3D Quality Assurance (QA) and X3D Validator

• As those issues get sorted out, we are re-visiting all the important details regarding H-Anim skinning
  • Definitions, example test scenes, tool support
  • Proposing an improved H-Anim component for X3D v3.4
  • Editing a corresponding update to H-Anim ISO 19774 Specification

The larger group is also working on

• interoperable, swappable behaviors
• motion capture
• facial animation

March 2012: H-Anim Working Group Draft Charter materials by Web3D Korean Chapter

Links of interest:

• H-Anim Executive Summary for more Working Group information
• H-Anim working group
• Humanoid Animation V1.0 Specification (.zip)
• H-Anim Examples in the X3D Basic Examples Archive

There has been previous work by the H-Anim working group during 2008-2009 that was not completed. Here are some additional links on the members-only wiki:

• Web3D members-only H-Anim wiki
• Accommodating Diverse Models (also linked there for members: Proposed amendment to H-Anim Specification)
• Proposed amendment to H-Anim Specification
• TODO list progress and problems
• TODO determine visibility permissions for items on the members-only sites (this is a decision by the working group, assuming that no proprietary information is included)
• TODO find prior working group charter