Modelling and Animation of Digital Characters within Multi-platform Production

多平台制作中数字角色的建模和动画

• 批准号: 519845-2017
• 负责人: England, Andrea
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=697489
• 关键词: Modelling; Animation; Digital; Characters; within

Sheridan College will partner with SideFX, a leading computer graphics software company, to help them achieve breakthrough delivery of solutions within the area of digital character modelling and animation. The proposed project will centre on research and development into modelling, texturing, and rigging of photorealistic digital characters in order to enhance believability and audience engagement. The focus will be on digital character modelling and animation within three areas of application: digital cinema movies and television; game engines as part of a film production process; and within consumer-focused virtual and augmented reality experiences. The latter applications will include integration of the digital characters as Virtual Humans (VHs), computer-generated characters that exhibit human-like qualities and communicate using natural human modalities including facial expressions, speech and gesture. The potential for dramatic growth in the commercial application of VHs is being enabled by developments in two significant areas of predicted international market growth over the next five years: virtual and augmented reality, and artificial intelligence. Commercialization opportunities exist within media and entertainment; training and simulation across all sectors; and supplementary support for human-to-human provision of services in areas such as healthcare, aging in place, and education. Success within this project will require a research and development process that achieves close coupling and consideration of the relationship between the aesthetics of computer graphics content creation, graphical limitations of hardware, intimate knowledge of complex production and post-production workflows, and software development. The project will enable a team of Sheridan researchers from the digital arts and computer sciences to work together with an industry partner to develop solutions that benefit the company while having the secondary benefit of helping to support the growth and international competitiveness of Ontario's media and entertainment sectors within areas of multi-platform production.

Sheridan College将与领先的计算机图形软件公司SideFX合作，以帮助他们实现数字角色建模和动画领域内解决方案的突破性交付。拟议的项目将以研发为中心，以建模，纹理和索具，以增强可信度和受众的参与度。重点将放在应用三个领域的数字角色建模和动画上：数字电影电影和电视；游戏引擎是电影制作过程的一部分；以及以消费者为中心的虚拟和增强现实体验。后者的应用将包括将数字字符作为虚拟人类（VHS）的整合，计算机生成的字符，这些字符具有人类般的品质并使用自然的人类方式进行交流，包括面部表情，语音和手势。在未来五年中，在两个重要的国际市场增长的重要领域的发展中，VHS商业应用的急剧增长的潜力是：虚拟和增强现实以及人工智能。媒体和娱乐中存在商业化机会；跨所有部门的培训和模拟；以及在医疗保健，衰老和教育等领域提供人类服务的补充支持。 该项目中的成功将需要一个研究和开发过程，该过程可实现计算机图形内容创建的美学，硬件的图形限​​制，对复杂生产和后期制作工作流程的深入了解以及软件开发之间的关系之间的关系。该项目将使来自数字艺术和计算机科学的Sheridan研究人员团队与行业合作伙伴一起开发有益于公司的解决方案，同时获得次要利益，以帮助支持安大略省的媒体和娱乐领域的增长和国际竞争力在多平台生产的领域。