Human visual cognition in 3D is depend on view point, therefore, making 3D animation process is very complex for human. Simplified Motion Language to describe motion for animator has been developed. On this interface, animator describe 3D object motion with motion icons that correspond to elemental motion with turtle metaphor. Arranged icons of elemental motions are combined and synthesized to one motion on each time step, then, the complex motion in animation is generated. Hence, animators without programming skill can also make 3D animation with this system.
['Masayuki Ueno', 'K. Tanida', 'Katsuhide Tsushima']
Simplified motion language for 3D computer animation with turtle metaphor