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Control System for Virtual Characters

  • US 20170132828A1
  • Filed: 11/07/2016
  • Published: 05/11/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for controlling a virtual character, comprising:

  • one or more processors and memory, the memory including a stored library comprising a plurality of facial expressions, a plurality of poses, and a plurality of behaviors associated with a virtual character;

    machine-readable instructions stored in the memory that, upon execution by the one or more processors cause the system to carry out operations comprising;

    selecting, for the virtual character, one or more of a facial expression, a pose, and a behavior, anddisplaying, on a display device in real time, movement of the virtual character from a prior position to a position exhibiting the selected one or more facial expression, pose, and behavior; and

    an input device comprising one or more input elements mapped to selections from one or more of the plurality of facial expressions, the plurality of poses, and the plurality of behaviors associated with the virtual character.

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