A big issue facing technology today is how to make sorting through search results faster and more efficient. The computer graphics industry is not devoid of said issue, particularly when it comes to finding appropriate motion capture data for projects. Since acquiring and maintaining a good motion capture system is both cumbersome and expensive, the need to have accessible and relevant motion data is prevalent. However, searching for motions is not an easy task. Currently, the leading motion data provider, Carnegie Mellon University, has a system where users search based on tags. However, the tags can be misleading, in that one person's perception of "walk" may be very different than someone else's, and results returned to you are listed in a text-only format. Thus, how do you improve the results sorting process to easily find the motion you want? How would you interpret and display the 3D data so that users can efficiently analyze and compare search results without having to download and open movie files? I hope to use my knowledge of data visualization to come up with a better and more visual solution to this problem, supporting the final solution with data obtained from user studies.
[Edit: January 21]
In this past week, I met with Joe and David Comberg (who is going to be one of my advisors, focusing on design and visualization). He suggested I meet with a new FNAR professor, Orkan Telhan, who specializes in interdisciplinary art and design. I'm quite keen to get his thoughts.
I also found a paper on IEEE titled "A Study on Motion Visualization System Using Motion Capture Data," and the abstract sounded exactly like what I was looking for. However, the actual paper was not so relevant. Boo.
For the week of January 24, I plan on doing more research, reading more papers, and finding more examples of visualizations that relate to this project. Maybe I'll actually find a decent reference editor for the Mac. And maybe I'll also get to play with the brand new shiny Mac Pro that is going to reside in the SIG Lab (thanks Amy!). You have no idea how excited I am about this. OS X is what I primarily use at home, and to be able to work on this project in the same developing environment in the SIG Lab will be tremendously convenient and helpful.
[Edit: January 23]
If you want to read my proposal, you can find it here.
[Edit: January 21]
In this past week, I met with Joe and David Comberg (who is going to be one of my advisors, focusing on design and visualization). He suggested I meet with a new FNAR professor, Orkan Telhan, who specializes in interdisciplinary art and design. I'm quite keen to get his thoughts.
I also found a paper on IEEE titled "A Study on Motion Visualization System Using Motion Capture Data," and the abstract sounded exactly like what I was looking for. However, the actual paper was not so relevant. Boo.
For the week of January 24, I plan on doing more research, reading more papers, and finding more examples of visualizations that relate to this project. Maybe I'll actually find a decent reference editor for the Mac. And maybe I'll also get to play with the brand new shiny Mac Pro that is going to reside in the SIG Lab (thanks Amy!). You have no idea how excited I am about this. OS X is what I primarily use at home, and to be able to work on this project in the same developing environment in the SIG Lab will be tremendously convenient and helpful.
[Edit: January 23]
If you want to read my proposal, you can find it here.
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