Concrete-programming paradigm for animated typography

Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Media Arts & Sciences, 1998.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-75).by Chloe Ming-shu Chao.M.S

Visual-Textual Prototyping of 4D Scenes

3D-graphics become popular in a steadily increasing number of areas like entertainment, scientific visualization, simulation, and virtual reality. Despite this rapid growth the generation of animated 3D scenes is still by no means trivial. Since animated 3D objects evolve over time we denote these objects as 4D. This article presents a novel approach to the rapid prototyping of 4D models. We introduce the AAL (Animated Agent Layer) system. AAL is an interpreter-based approach covering a textual (AAL-PR) as well as a visual command language (AAL-VL) for the specification of the dynamics in 4D scenes. AAL provides support for different levels of abstraction: primitives, structured objects, animated objects, and animated (autonomous) agents

Visual-Textual Prototyping of 4D Scenes

3D-graphics become popular in a steadily increasing number of areas like entertainment, scientific visualization, simulation, and virtual reality. Despite this rapid growth the generation of animated 3D scenes is still by no means trivial. Since animated 3D objects evolve over time we denote these objects as 4D. This article presents a novel approach to the rapid prototyping of 4D models. We introduce the AAL (Animated Agent Layer) system. AAL is an interpreter-- based approach covering a textual (AAL--PR) as well as a visual command language (AAL--VL) for the specification of the dynamics in 4D scenes. AAL provides support for different levels of abstraction: primitives, structured objects, animated objects, and animated (autonomous) agents. 1 Introduction With the increasing computing power of low-cost computers and the wide availability of graphics supporting hardware 3D applications are becoming extremely popular. In this context, the need for the structured design of interactive ..