[ANN] skeletal animation package

> This looks pretty cool!  What are you using for the motion capture
> part of this project?  There is some interesting stuff in the "extras"
> part of the Monster House movie DVD that shows their setup.  Is it
> similar to that?
>
> Peter Moore wrote:
> I've just uploaded a new SkeletalAnimation package to the Jabberwocky
> code repository. I've also uploaded new versions of the OpenGL
> packages which include the support for GLSL that has previously been
> available in the Hedgehog Public Contributions repository. For those
> that don't know where the Jabberwocky code lives see:
>
> http://croquetproject.org/index.php/ 
> Downloads#Croquet_Source_Code_Repositories
>
> To see a video demonstration go to: http://hedgehog.software.umn.edu/
> croquet/croquetMovies/BetterAvatars3.mov
>
> Special thanks to Derek Arndt and Mike Kaeding for all of their hard
> work this summer.

> Depending on what is required, yes, I'd be interested on working on
> that.  It might also be worth an appeal for participation on the
> mailing list.  I'm getting to a point now where I'm going to set aside
> the Wrinkle project for a while, although there are tons more things
> to do with shaders and even the UI.  I have tried my hand at animation
> a few different times in different computer mediums, and I've been
> intending to try it in Croquet too.
>
> Just from searching though lots of 3D tools, I've come across some
> things that may be important for this, but I'm certainly not an
> expert.  Speaking of which, have you looked at QAvimator
> http://www.qavimator.org/ at all?  It's an interesting open source bvh
> animator targetting Second Life.  Might be a good fit here, depending
> on skeletal requirements.
>
> Later,
> Dave
>
> On 8/30/07, Peter Moore <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > I'd love to provide some good examples but the models that we've been
> > using were purchased online and I can't redistribute them. So until
> > we have some good freely available meshes it's not of much use.
> > Someone could take the meshes we released earlier and get them to
> > work with the new animation system, but that's not something we can
> > spend time on at the moment. Let me know if you're interested enough
> > to try something like that and I can tell you what needs to be done.
> >
> > -Peter
> >
> > On Aug 30, 2007, at 12:34 PM, David Faught wrote:
> >
> > > off-list
> > >
> > > Hi Peter,
> > >
> > > Hhmm, I quickly updated and looked through this last night and didn't
> > > see a concrete example anywhere.  Did I miss it?  If not, what would
> > > be the simplest quickest way to try it out?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Dave
> > >
> > > On 8/29/07, Peter Moore <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > >> There is a motion capture lab here at the University that we were
> > >> lucky enough to get access to. I haven't seen what they used for
> > >> Monster House but I'm sure it's something very similar. Keep in mind
> > >> that our code doesn't care where the animation data came from.  You
> > >> can animate your characters with an animations created in Maya,
> > >> Blender or 3DSMax. You could also manipulate the skeleton
> > >> procedurally.
> > >>
> > >> -Peter
> > >>
> > >> On Aug 29, 2007, at 1:06 PM, David Faught wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> This looks pretty cool!  What are you using for the motion capture
> > >>> part of this project?  There is some interesting stuff in the
> > >>> "extras"
> > >>> part of the Monster House movie DVD that shows their setup.  Is it
> > >>> similar to that?
> > >>>
> > >>> Peter Moore wrote:
> > >>> I've just uploaded a new SkeletalAnimation package to the
> > >>> Jabberwocky
> > >>> code repository. I've also uploaded new versions of the OpenGL
> > >>> packages which include the support for GLSL that has previously been
> > >>> available in the Hedgehog Public Contributions repository. For those
> > >>> that don't know where the Jabberwocky code lives see:
> > >>>
> > >>> http://croquetproject.org/index.php/
> > >>> Downloads#Croquet_Source_Code_Repositories
> > >>>
> > >>> To see a video demonstration go to: http://
> > >>> hedgehog.software.umn.edu/
> > >>> croquet/croquetMovies/BetterAvatars3.mov
> > >>>
> > >>> Special thanks to Derek Arndt and Mike Kaeding for all of their hard
> > >>> work this summer.
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
>

> back on the list
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> Here is a brief discussion we had about building a working
> publicly-available example of the skeletal animation.  Maybe you can
> elaborate on what would be required, and I will volunteer to
> coordinate a public effort to build it, or them ...
>
> Any volunteers that would like to participate??
>
> Dave
>
> On 8/30/07, David Faught <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Depending on what is required, yes, I'd be interested on working on
>> that.  It might also be worth an appeal for participation on the
>> mailing list.  I'm getting to a point now where I'm going to set  
>> aside
>> the Wrinkle project for a while, although there are tons more things
>> to do with shaders and even the UI.  I have tried my hand at  
>> animation
>> a few different times in different computer mediums, and I've been
>> intending to try it in Croquet too.
>>
>> Just from searching though lots of 3D tools, I've come across some
>> things that may be important for this, but I'm certainly not an
>> expert.  Speaking of which, have you looked at QAvimator
>> http://www.qavimator.org/ at all?  It's an interesting open source  
>> bvh
>> animator targetting Second Life.  Might be a good fit here, depending
>> on skeletal requirements.
>>
>> Later,
>> Dave
>>
>> On 8/30/07, Peter Moore <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>> I'd love to provide some good examples but the models that we've  
>>> been
>>> using were purchased online and I can't redistribute them. So until
>>> we have some good freely available meshes it's not of much use.
>>> Someone could take the meshes we released earlier and get them to
>>> work with the new animation system, but that's not something we can
>>> spend time on at the moment. Let me know if you're interested enough
>>> to try something like that and I can tell you what needs to be done.
>>>
>>> -Peter
>>>
>>> On Aug 30, 2007, at 12:34 PM, David Faught wrote:
>>>
>>>> off-list
>>>>
>>>> Hi Peter,
>>>>
>>>> Hhmm, I quickly updated and looked through this last night and  
>>>> didn't
>>>> see a concrete example anywhere.  Did I miss it?  If not, what  
>>>> would
>>>> be the simplest quickest way to try it out?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>> On 8/29/07, Peter Moore <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>> There is a motion capture lab here at the University that we were
>>>>> lucky enough to get access to. I haven't seen what they used for
>>>>> Monster House but I'm sure it's something very similar. Keep in  
>>>>> mind
>>>>> that our code doesn't care where the animation data came from.  
>>>>> You
>>>>> can animate your characters with an animations created in Maya,
>>>>> Blender or 3DSMax. You could also manipulate the skeleton
>>>>> procedurally.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Peter
>>>>>
>>>>> On Aug 29, 2007, at 1:06 PM, David Faught wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> This looks pretty cool!  What are you using for the motion  
>>>>>> capture
>>>>>> part of this project?  There is some interesting stuff in the
>>>>>> "extras"
>>>>>> part of the Monster House movie DVD that shows their setup.  
>>>>>> Is it
>>>>>> similar to that?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Peter Moore wrote:
>>>>>> I've just uploaded a new SkeletalAnimation package to the
>>>>>> Jabberwocky
>>>>>> code repository. I've also uploaded new versions of the OpenGL
>>>>>> packages which include the support for GLSL that has  
>>>>>> previously been
>>>>>> available in the Hedgehog Public Contributions repository. For  
>>>>>> those
>>>>>> that don't know where the Jabberwocky code lives see:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://croquetproject.org/index.php/
>>>>>> Downloads#Croquet_Source_Code_Repositories
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To see a video demonstration go to: http://
>>>>>> hedgehog.software.umn.edu/
>>>>>> croquet/croquetMovies/BetterAvatars3.mov
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Special thanks to Derek Arndt and Mike Kaeding for all of  
>>>>>> their hard
>>>>>> work this summer.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>

> With the skeletal animation package available to the public we're
> happy to have people using the code and building applications with it
> - what we don't currently offer are any models we can freely
> distribute for people to at least initially test with.  We're looking
> to get one or more character meshes with a skeleton and a few
> animations (say stand, walk, dance) to show-case what these animated
> models are like and how others can use them in their croquet projects.
>
> We've been using Maya to create these models, but since we use the
> ogre model format, a number of other popular programs support the
> format (blender, 3ds max, to name a few).

>
>
> On Aug 31, 2007, at 11:58 AM, David Faught wrote:
>
> > back on the list
> >
> > Hi Peter,
> >
> > Here is a brief discussion we had about building a working
> > publicly-available example of the skeletal animation.  Maybe you can
> > elaborate on what would be required, and I will volunteer to
> > coordinate a public effort to build it, or them ...
> >
> > Any volunteers that would like to participate??
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > On 8/30/07, David Faught <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >> Depending on what is required, yes, I'd be interested on working on
> >> that.  It might also be worth an appeal for participation on the
> >> mailing list.  I'm getting to a point now where I'm going to set
> >> aside
> >> the Wrinkle project for a while, although there are tons more things
> >> to do with shaders and even the UI.  I have tried my hand at
> >> animation
> >> a few different times in different computer mediums, and I've been
> >> intending to try it in Croquet too.
> >>
> >> Just from searching though lots of 3D tools, I've come across some
> >> things that may be important for this, but I'm certainly not an
> >> expert.  Speaking of which, have you looked at QAvimator
> >> http://www.qavimator.org/ at all?  It's an interesting open source
> >> bvh
> >> animator targetting Second Life.  Might be a good fit here, depending
> >> on skeletal requirements.
> >>
> >> Later,
> >> Dave
> >>
> >> On 8/30/07, Peter Moore <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >>> I'd love to provide some good examples but the models that we've
> >>> been
> >>> using were purchased online and I can't redistribute them. So until
> >>> we have some good freely available meshes it's not of much use.
> >>> Someone could take the meshes we released earlier and get them to
> >>> work with the new animation system, but that's not something we can
> >>> spend time on at the moment. Let me know if you're interested enough
> >>> to try something like that and I can tell you what needs to be done.
> >>>
> >>> -Peter
> >>>
> >>> On Aug 30, 2007, at 12:34 PM, David Faught wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> off-list
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Peter,
> >>>>
> >>>> Hhmm, I quickly updated and looked through this last night and
> >>>> didn't
> >>>> see a concrete example anywhere.  Did I miss it?  If not, what
> >>>> would
> >>>> be the simplest quickest way to try it out?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Dave
> >>>>
> >>>> On 8/29/07, Peter Moore <[hidden email]> wrote:
> >>>>> There is a motion capture lab here at the University that we were
> >>>>> lucky enough to get access to. I haven't seen what they used for
> >>>>> Monster House but I'm sure it's something very similar. Keep in
> >>>>> mind
> >>>>> that our code doesn't care where the animation data came from.
> >>>>> You
> >>>>> can animate your characters with an animations created in Maya,
> >>>>> Blender or 3DSMax. You could also manipulate the skeleton
> >>>>> procedurally.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -Peter
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Aug 29, 2007, at 1:06 PM, David Faught wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> This looks pretty cool!  What are you using for the motion
> >>>>>> capture
> >>>>>> part of this project?  There is some interesting stuff in the
> >>>>>> "extras"
> >>>>>> part of the Monster House movie DVD that shows their setup.
> >>>>>> Is it
> >>>>>> similar to that?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Peter Moore wrote:
> >>>>>> I've just uploaded a new SkeletalAnimation package to the
> >>>>>> Jabberwocky
> >>>>>> code repository. I've also uploaded new versions of the OpenGL
> >>>>>> packages which include the support for GLSL that has
> >>>>>> previously been
> >>>>>> available in the Hedgehog Public Contributions repository. For
> >>>>>> those
> >>>>>> that don't know where the Jabberwocky code lives see:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> http://croquetproject.org/index.php/
> >>>>>> Downloads#Croquet_Source_Code_Repositories
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> To see a video demonstration go to: http://
> >>>>>> hedgehog.software.umn.edu/
> >>>>>> croquet/croquetMovies/BetterAvatars3.mov
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Special thanks to Derek Arndt and Mike Kaeding for all of
> >>>>>> their hard
> >>>>>> work this summer.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
>
>

> On 8/31/07, Derek Arndt <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hey Dave,
>
> Hey Derek,
>
>
>> With the skeletal animation package available to the public we're
>> happy to have people using the code and building applications with it
>> - what we don't currently offer are any models we can freely
>> distribute for people to at least initially test with.  We're looking
>> to get one or more character meshes with a skeleton and a few
>> animations (say stand, walk, dance) to show-case what these animated
>> models are like and how others can use them in their croquet  
>> projects.
>>
>> We've been using Maya to create these models, but since we use the
>> ogre model format, a number of other popular programs support the
>> format (blender, 3ds max, to name a few).
>
> Okay, that makes sense.  I guess my first questions would be in the
> area of the ogre format and what it encompasses.  The pieces that I'm
> guessing would be needed are: 1) the mesh(es), 2) related textures,
> colors, etc., 3) the skeleton(s) (I don't really know exactly what
> that entails in relation to the mesh), and one or more animations
> maybe consisting of some kind of timeline and absolute and/or relative
> skeleton positions at each time.  How much of this is in the ogre
> format?  Are there related standards, such as HAnim or SL avatar
> structures and how does your package relate to them?
>
>>
>> Peter will add on some details, but this is the gist of it.  This new
>> animated mesh class has tons of potential that we're trying to make
>> it as easy as possible to jump in and get a feel for what kinds of
>> things you can create.
>>
>> Derek
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> Dave
>
>>
>>
>> On Aug 31, 2007, at 11:58 AM, David Faught wrote:
>>
>>> back on the list
>>>
>>> Hi Peter,
>>>
>>> Here is a brief discussion we had about building a working
>>> publicly-available example of the skeletal animation.  Maybe you can
>>> elaborate on what would be required, and I will volunteer to
>>> coordinate a public effort to build it, or them ...
>>>
>>> Any volunteers that would like to participate??
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> On 8/30/07, David Faught <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>> Depending on what is required, yes, I'd be interested on working on
>>>> that.  It might also be worth an appeal for participation on the
>>>> mailing list.  I'm getting to a point now where I'm going to set
>>>> aside
>>>> the Wrinkle project for a while, although there are tons more  
>>>> things
>>>> to do with shaders and even the UI.  I have tried my hand at
>>>> animation
>>>> a few different times in different computer mediums, and I've been
>>>> intending to try it in Croquet too.
>>>>
>>>> Just from searching though lots of 3D tools, I've come across some
>>>> things that may be important for this, but I'm certainly not an
>>>> expert.  Speaking of which, have you looked at QAvimator
>>>> http://www.qavimator.org/ at all?  It's an interesting open source
>>>> bvh
>>>> animator targetting Second Life.  Might be a good fit here,  
>>>> depending
>>>> on skeletal requirements.
>>>>
>>>> Later,
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>> On 8/30/07, Peter Moore <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>> I'd love to provide some good examples but the models that we've
>>>>> been
>>>>> using were purchased online and I can't redistribute them. So  
>>>>> until
>>>>> we have some good freely available meshes it's not of much use.
>>>>> Someone could take the meshes we released earlier and get them to
>>>>> work with the new animation system, but that's not something we  
>>>>> can
>>>>> spend time on at the moment. Let me know if you're interested  
>>>>> enough
>>>>> to try something like that and I can tell you what needs to be  
>>>>> done.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Peter
>>>>>
>>>>> On Aug 30, 2007, at 12:34 PM, David Faught wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> off-list
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Peter,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hhmm, I quickly updated and looked through this last night and
>>>>>> didn't
>>>>>> see a concrete example anywhere.  Did I miss it?  If not, what
>>>>>> would
>>>>>> be the simplest quickest way to try it out?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Dave
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 8/29/07, Peter Moore <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>>>> There is a motion capture lab here at the University that we  
>>>>>>> were
>>>>>>> lucky enough to get access to. I haven't seen what they used for
>>>>>>> Monster House but I'm sure it's something very similar. Keep in
>>>>>>> mind
>>>>>>> that our code doesn't care where the animation data came from.
>>>>>>> You
>>>>>>> can animate your characters with an animations created in Maya,
>>>>>>> Blender or 3DSMax. You could also manipulate the skeleton
>>>>>>> procedurally.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -Peter
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Aug 29, 2007, at 1:06 PM, David Faught wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This looks pretty cool!  What are you using for the motion
>>>>>>>> capture
>>>>>>>> part of this project?  There is some interesting stuff in the
>>>>>>>> "extras"
>>>>>>>> part of the Monster House movie DVD that shows their setup.
>>>>>>>> Is it
>>>>>>>> similar to that?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Peter Moore wrote:
>>>>>>>> I've just uploaded a new SkeletalAnimation package to the
>>>>>>>> Jabberwocky
>>>>>>>> code repository. I've also uploaded new versions of the OpenGL
>>>>>>>> packages which include the support for GLSL that has
>>>>>>>> previously been
>>>>>>>> available in the Hedgehog Public Contributions repository. For
>>>>>>>> those
>>>>>>>> that don't know where the Jabberwocky code lives see:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> http://croquetproject.org/index.php/
>>>>>>>> Downloads#Croquet_Source_Code_Repositories
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> To see a video demonstration go to: http://
>>>>>>>> hedgehog.software.umn.edu/
>>>>>>>> croquet/croquetMovies/BetterAvatars3.mov
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Special thanks to Derek Arndt and Mike Kaeding for all of
>>>>>>>> their hard
>>>>>>>> work this summer.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>

> > How much of this is in the ogre
> > format?  Are there related standards, such as HAnim or SL avatar
> > structures and how does your package relate to them?
>
> Your list is pretty close, an ogre animated mesh (for us) looks like:
>
> test.mesh.xml
> test.skeleton.xml
> test.material
> test.png
>
> The mesh contains the vertices, normals, texcoords, bone weights, and
> any vertex animations (so we use these to get the characters or talk
> and blink).
> The skeleton contains the initial bone transforms (often called the
> bind pose) and any skeletal animations.  The animation times are
> relative for both of the animation type (so each animation's keyframe
> set will start at 0.0).
> The material file is referenced by the mesh file and contains
> lighting data and which texture to apply.
>
> If I'm thinking of the same structures as you are (I'm reminded of
> MD2 loaders that all read in the binary data and put them into
> similar data structures), then I'm not aware of any standards of that
> type.

> >
> > I'm not sure we're quite at the point here.  I'm asking more about
> > skeletal standards like "the skeleton must contain 2 toe groups, 2
> > feet, 2 lower legs, 2 upper legs" etc.  I believe that HAnim spells
> > out such a thing and the SL avatars also must have a similar skeleton
> > "standard" structure.  Does this apply to your package or is it more
> > general?
> >
>
> It is more general. It can handle any type of skeleton structure you
> provide as long as the mesh is properly rigged. For instance, you
> could just as easily import a cow avatar as a human.
>
> -Peter
>
> > Thanks,
> > Dave
>
>

> On 8/31/07, Derek Arndt <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > Hey Dave,
>
> Hey Derek,
>
>
> > With the skeletal animation package available to the public we're
> > happy to have people using the code and building applications with it
> > - what we don't currently offer are any models we can freely
> > distribute for people to at least initially test with.  We're looking
> > to get one or more character meshes with a skeleton and a few
> > animations (say stand, walk, dance) to show-case what these animated
> > models are like and how others can use them in their croquet projects.
> >
> > We've been using Maya to create these models, but since we use the
> > ogre model format, a number of other popular programs support the
> > format (blender, 3ds max, to name a few).
>
> Okay, that makes sense.  I guess my first questions would be in the
> area of the ogre format and what it encompasses.  The pieces that I'm
> guessing would be needed are: 1) the mesh(es), 2) related textures,
> colors, etc., 3) the skeleton(s) (I don't really know exactly what
> that entails in relation to the mesh), and one or more animations
> maybe consisting of some kind of timeline and absolute and/or relative
> skeleton positions at each time.  How much of this is in the ogre
> format?  Are there related standards, such as HAnim or SL avatar
> structures and how does your package relate to them?
>
> >
> > Peter will add on some details, but this is the gist of it.  This new
> > animated mesh class has tons of potential that we're trying to make
> > it as easy as possible to jump in and get a feel for what kinds of
> > things you can create.
> >
> > Derek
>
> Thanks for your input.
>
> Dave
>
> >
> >
> > On Aug 31, 2007, at 11:58 AM, David Faught wrote:
> >
> > > back on the list
> > >
> > > Hi Peter,
> > >
> > > Here is a brief discussion we had about building a working
> > > publicly-available example of the skeletal animation.  Maybe you can
> > > elaborate on what would be required, and I will volunteer to
> > > coordinate a public effort to build it, or them ...
> > >
> > > Any volunteers that would like to participate??
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > > On 8/30/07, David Faught <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > >> Depending on what is required, yes, I'd be interested on working on
> > >> that.  It might also be worth an appeal for participation on the
> > >> mailing list.  I'm getting to a point now where I'm going to set
> > >> aside
> > >> the Wrinkle project for a while, although there are tons more things
> > >> to do with shaders and even the UI.  I have tried my hand at
> > >> animation
> > >> a few different times in different computer mediums, and I've been
> > >> intending to try it in Croquet too.
> > >>
> > >> Just from searching though lots of 3D tools, I've come across some
> > >> things that may be important for this, but I'm certainly not an
> > >> expert.  Speaking of which, have you looked at QAvimator
> > >> http://www.qavimator.org/ at all?  It's an interesting open source
> > >> bvh
> > >> animator targetting Second Life.  Might be a good fit here, depending
> > >> on skeletal requirements.
> > >>
> > >> Later,
> > >> Dave
> > >>
> > >> On 8/30/07, Peter Moore <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > >>> I'd love to provide some good examples but the models that we've
> > >>> been
> > >>> using were purchased online and I can't redistribute them. So until
> > >>> we have some good freely available meshes it's not of much use.
> > >>> Someone could take the meshes we released earlier and get them to
> > >>> work with the new animation system, but that's not something we can
> > >>> spend time on at the moment. Let me know if you're interested enough
> > >>> to try something like that and I can tell you what needs to be done.
> > >>>
> > >>> -Peter
> > >>>
> > >>> On Aug 30, 2007, at 12:34 PM, David Faught wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> off-list
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Hi Peter,
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Hhmm, I quickly updated and looked through this last night and
> > >>>> didn't
> > >>>> see a concrete example anywhere.  Did I miss it?  If not, what
> > >>>> would
> > >>>> be the simplest quickest way to try it out?
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Thanks,
> > >>>> Dave
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On 8/29/07, Peter Moore <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > >>>>> There is a motion capture lab here at the University that we were
> > >>>>> lucky enough to get access to. I haven't seen what they used for
> > >>>>> Monster House but I'm sure it's something very similar. Keep in
> > >>>>> mind
> > >>>>> that our code doesn't care where the animation data came from.
> > >>>>> You
> > >>>>> can animate your characters with an animations created in Maya,
> > >>>>> Blender or 3DSMax. You could also manipulate the skeleton
> > >>>>> procedurally.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> -Peter
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> On Aug 29, 2007, at 1:06 PM, David Faught wrote:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>> This looks pretty cool!  What are you using for the motion
> > >>>>>> capture
> > >>>>>> part of this project?  There is some interesting stuff in the
> > >>>>>> "extras"
> > >>>>>> part of the Monster House movie DVD that shows their setup.
> > >>>>>> Is it
> > >>>>>> similar to that?
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Peter Moore wrote:
> > >>>>>> I've just uploaded a new SkeletalAnimation package to the
> > >>>>>> Jabberwocky
> > >>>>>> code repository. I've also uploaded new versions of the OpenGL
> > >>>>>> packages which include the support for GLSL that has
> > >>>>>> previously been
> > >>>>>> available in the Hedgehog Public Contributions repository. For
> > >>>>>> those
> > >>>>>> that don't know where the Jabberwocky code lives see:
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> http://croquetproject.org/index.php/
> > >>>>>> Downloads#Croquet_Source_Code_Repositories
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> To see a video demonstration go to: http://
> > >>>>>> hedgehog.software.umn.edu/
> > >>>>>> croquet/croquetMovies/BetterAvatars3.mov
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Special thanks to Derek Arndt and Mike Kaeding for all of
> > >>>>>> their hard
> > >>>>>> work this summer.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> >
> >
>