Soft body animation in real-time simulations

This thesis presents a novel approach for creating deformable object animations. A deformable object can be represented as a discrete lattice of particles, and transforming those particles defines a new state for the represented object. By applying shape matching techniques, we are able to adapt traditional mesh based animations to this representation. We then allow these particles to take place in a soft body physics simulation. By making the particles track positions defined in the animation, soft body tracking of user created animation has been made possible.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Sullivan, Mark A., III

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Philip Tan.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66812

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/66812