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    • Computer Graphics
    • Animation
    • Machine Learning

    Background:

    • Generating realistic motion sequences for virtual characters is crucial for 3D animation and game development.
    • Achieving natural full-body motion requires adherence to specific constraints for seamless pose transitions.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To present a novel two-stage model for learning Inverse Kinematics (IK) constraints from quadruped character poses.
    • To improve the accuracy and diversity of generated motion sequences for virtual characters.

    Main Methods:

    • A two-stage model utilizing frequency analysis to decompose motion poses into base-level and style-level components.
    • Embedding decomposed pose features into a latent space using a kernel matrix refined for joint angles, decomposed representation, and IK constraints.
    • Implementing a searching strategy for generating new motions based on edited IK constraints.

    Main Results:

    • The kernel matrix creates a compact distribution of pose similarity and ensures plausible sampling with IK constraints.
    • The proposed method demonstrates competitive accuracy compared to state-of-the-art synthetic approaches.
    • The model shows considerable potential for high efficiency in animation production.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed two-stage model effectively learns IK constraints for generating accurate and diverse virtual character motions.
    • The approach offers a promising solution for enhancing realism and efficiency in 3D animation and game content creation.