myers@uwmacc.UUCP (Latitudinarian Lobster) (08/01/85)
A friend of mine who is an actor with American Players Theatre, and who
does a lot of their battle choreography is interested in whatever might
be available in computer graphics in simulating human body movements.
For instance, it would be nice if a person could have his or her muscles
hooked up to a computer, do some kind of thrust with an epee, and have the
movement then reproducible on command on some kind of graphics terminal.
Then, as part of training actors to do battle scenes, various maneuvers
could be studied without consuming nearly as much time in personal tutoring
with the combat instructor.
What I'm looking for are pointers to similar things which have been done
in choreography, medicine, or whatever. Naturally, it would be great to
hear that someone is already working on an identical problem. Pointers
to university programs, reports in magazines, or anything else you might
feel would be of use will be greatly appreciated -- thanx in advance!
Please respond by mail rather than by article posting.
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Jeff Myers The views above may or may not
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