Re: Sports animation

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Lew Hitchner (hitchner++at++netcom.com)
Thu, 24 Nov 1994 09:55:10 -0800


>> From: jose++at++nada.kth.se
>> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 94 11:44:47 +0100
>> To: info-performer++at++sgi.com
>> Subject: Sports animation
>>
>> Hi,
>> I have been requested to animate some sports activities such
>> as Golf swings.
>> Does anyone know of a package that can handle Virual Humans ?
>> Especially true anathomy, how the limps connect and so on.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Johan Sellstroem
>>

Here is info about a commercial human body modeling system:

product name: Jack

   contact:
        North American Distribution
        Center for Human Modeling and Simulation
        Dept. of Computer and Information Science
        School of Engineering and Applied Science
        Univ. of Pennsylvania
        200 South 33rd St.
        Philadelphia, PA 19104-6389 USA
        tel: 1-215-898-1488
        fax: 1-215-898-0587
        email: HMS++at++graphics.cis.upenn.edu

        European Distribution
        Goodwin Marcus Systems Limited
        Marcus House Wheelock Street Middlewich
        Cheshire CW10 9AE England
        tel: +44 (0)1606 836093
        fax: +44 (0)1606 835643
        email: info++at++gmsl.co.uk

   summary:
        Jack is both a complete human body modeling system and visual
        simulation system (i.e., surrounding scene models as well). It
        also supports interactive VR devices. Has extensive support
        for control, monitoring, analysis, and display of many
        performance statistics. Includes population percentile models
        and many other anthropomorphic features.

   platform:
        Jack runs on SGI Indigo and 4D (or higher) workstation
        under IRIX 3.3 and higher (4.0.x or higher for demojack).

   availability:
        free demojack, human figure sitting in an Apache helicopter,
        available via anonymous ftp from:
        ftp.cis.upenn.edu (130.91.6.8)
        file: pub/graphics/demojack.tar.Z

        demo available on SGI's Hotmix CDROM vol. 5 (possibly other vols.)

   pricing (US $):
        US and Canada:
                $9,950 plus first year maintenance fee of $1,500.
        US and Canada education inst.:
                $850 first copy, $200 each additional copy
                plus first year maintenance fee of $600 for first copy,
                        $150 each additional copy.

Lew Hitchner
Virtual Reality and Visual Simulation Consultant
Mountain View, CA
Voice: 415-964-9425
FAX: 800-825-7689 (USA)
FAX: 510-472-6951 (international)
email: hitchner++at++netcom.com
URL: ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/hitchner/hitchner.html


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