From: Ken Meyering (ken@define.com)
Date: Mon Jun 28 1999 - 21:57:31 MDT
Do any extropians out there have BVH motion capture files?
I'm starting to explore the gestural languages of mental states, and
am looking for ways to encode body exercises and muscle/tactile
forces and motions.
Metacreations just released Poser4. I called their customer service
department today; there's a 45 day envelope for a free upgrade from
Poser3 (available mail order for $140.95).
http://www.shopper.com/cgi-bin/nph-sort2?a0=222396&a1=4
I'm not sure if BVH motion capture is precise enough to encode such
actions as grinding your teeth (where there is little motion, but
lots of muscle force change), or balancing on one heal (again, the
position stays the same, but there is a lot of distributed change in
force).
I imagine that texture maps could include sensory maps of various
tactile forces: heat, electrostatic charge, pressure, pain, whatever.
Someone, somewhere, might have a library of encoded expressions,
that could be placed into the public domain for free redistribution.
For some reason, I feel more tuned into gestures when I smoke
marijuana. I'd very much like to participate in a controlled study
where I get into the mnemonic aspects of gesture state changes,
timing, and there unconscious cueing effects.
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ken@define.com
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