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Outlines a technique for expressing virtual human emotions across a network and discusses ways for constructing a system that can facilitate this kind of direct transfer. System outline and its simplified structure; Method for integrating the services of the system and a constructed database of movements; Quality-of-service techniques for effective motion information transfer in the constructed system. INSET: Prior Research..

A new technology that has been used to construct virtual environments in the computer, where objects behave as if they were real ones, has been drawing attention. This paper studies virtual manipulation of elastic objects as a fundamental example of nonrigid materials. An elastic object modeled by a combination of material points and springs can be deformed with a rigid cylindrical manipulator controlled by a mouse in imitation of actual actions such as hitting or thrusting. The dynamic response of the elastic object in a collision with the manipulator is generated by a numerical method of solution based on physics and is displayed in real time. An improved spring model is presented in which the amplitude is restricted by elastic energy when the elastic object receives extensive external force. The results of implementation show the effectiveness of the spring model and interactivity of the system. © 1998 Scripta Technica. Electron Comm Jpn Pt 3, 81(4): 42–50, 1998 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Museums need an interactive data collection and visualisation tool for their artefacts. This paper describes a study in which we enable access to Chinese and Japanese cultural heritage information from two history museums, the National Palace Museum in Taiwan and the Tokugawa Art Museum in Japan. Results from these museum databases were used to develop a prototype system to demonstrate advanced cultural learning and historical timeline functionalities for foreigners. This system is based on temporal data from the museums' databases, and provided the user with powerful data manipulation and graphical visualisation tools. It might become a basis of an interactive digital museum system for Chinese and Japanese heritages especially for foreign users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]