The BML Sequencer: A Tool for Authoring Multi-character Animations

TitleThe BML Sequencer: A Tool for Authoring Multi-character Animations
Publication TypeConference Proceedings
Year of Conference2011
AuthorsAggarwal, P., and D. R. Traum
Conference NameIVA 2011
Pagination428-430
Date PublishedSeptember 2011
Conference LocationReykjavík, Iceland
Abstract

The BML sequencer is a tool to allow artists to create SmartBody compliant BML [4] animation sequences for multiple virtual humans. SmartBody [3] allows for complex behavior realization, synchronizing speech recordings with non-verbal behaviors by using the Behavior Markup Language (BML) [4]. However, there remain two problems for using BML and smartbody to achieve the vision that an artist has for animating the character: the authoring problem and multi-party behavior syncronization. The BML Sequencer addresses both.

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