Project : siames
Section: Other Grants and Activities
National Actions
ODL OpenMASK: OpenMASK ( http://www.openmask.org) (Open Modular Animation and Simulation Kit) is an experimental VR software platform (see section 5.2) always under development. In order to promote the Open Source deployment of this solution, we pay attention to the manpower dedicated to the evolution of the software platform. Granted by INRIA (under the INRIA ODL programm), a software developper is in charge of the future evolutions of this software.
CNRS-ATIP project : Locomotion of extinct hominids. This collaboration implies four laboratories :
The laboratory IRISA UMR 6074, Siames project
The laboratory of Physiology and Biomechanics of Muscular Exercise (Rennes 2 university)
The laboratory of Dynamic of human evolution, UPR 2174
The laboratory of anthropology of populations of the past, UMR 5809
The interest of this project lies in the involved pluridisciplinarity. We want to understand the bipedal locomotion and to be able to model and simulate this locomotion for extinct hominids. The skeleton is in a pretty good condition. Its study allowed us to understand the functional surfaces involved in the gait motion. A three dimensional model of this skeleton is now available. The study of the articulations lead us to propose a model of the articulated chain, including links and joints. We have developed a motion retargeting method based on morphological and postural parameters. This allows to develop the bipedal gait comprehension and to propose to the paleoanthropologists a tool for testing locomotion hypothesis.
We are involved in a national project, called V2NET, funded by the french ministeries of of research and teecommunications. The different partners are: THOMSON multimedia, LABRI (research computer science laboratory depending on the university of Bordeaux 1, ENSERB and CNRS), the RDC GROUP (computer science company), ARCHIVIDEO (company specialized in 3D modeling), the laboratory " Hyperlanguages et Multimédia dialogs " of Francetelecom R&D and finally IRISA.
The objective of this project is to develop and integrate new tools for an efficient navigation in 3D real or virtual environments in the context of client-server applications.
