Master's Thesis
Department of Information and Media Studies
Aarhus University

Automated Semi-Procedural Animation for Character Locomotion



Rune Skovbo Johansen
May 25, 2009

PDF file of thesis

Introduction video

Video introducing the locomotion system:
M4V video or YouTube video below (requires internet connection)

Videos visualizing the motion analysis

Video explaining the motion analysis:
MOV video or YouTube video below (requires internet connection)

Short video demonstrating the footbase concept:
MOV video
Short video showing the normalized footbase trajectories for multiple characters:
MOV video

Videos showing the system used on many characters at the same time

Video of many humans:
MOV video
Video of many coyotes:
MOV video

Interactive demo of the locomotion system

Click image to go to interactive demo of the locomotion system:

Interactive visualization of motion analysis

Click image to go to interactive visualization of motion analysis: