Tandemlauch Call For Proposals
October 17th, 2013
November 2013 Call for Proposals
Priority Area 1: Multi-modal approaches to HCI
Inspired in part by biological models, rapid advancements are taking place in combining multiple sensory inputs to provide for the superior performance of a single modality, such as the use of gaze to provide context for gesture recognition, or video for superior voice recognition. Our November priority area is multi-modal approaches to human computer interaction, including applications such as:
• Robust Speech Recognition
• Robust Facial Recognition
• Emotion Responsive User Interaction
• New Form Factors (e.g. wearables)
Priority Area 2: Believable Characters
As device graphics processing capabilities expand, it is possible to handle more and more complex and subtle Non-Playable Characters (NPCs), bridging the gap between videogames and movies. More realistic NPCs, however, risk being negatively perceived when our brain identifies an unrealistic detail (e.g. uncanny valley). Priority Area 2 is focused on current challenges to create believable NPCs, and methods of NPC generation.
Examples include:
• Performance capture of real actors
• facial animation, retargeting without likeness
• Hair and cloth animation/simulation/interaction
• AI & Crowd simulation/pathfinding
• NPC animation/movement
• Offline or Realtime procedural generation
• Artistic & pipeline/flow oriented end results
The TandemLaunch program is designed to support early stage multi-media inventions for commercialization in the consumer electronics market. Relevant technologies fall broadly in the areas of audio, video, display, and human-computer interaction. Appropriate technologies are patent protectable, and at the proof-of-concept stage. Show us what’s next.
Deadline/Date Limite: 15 November, 2013
Learn More and Download our Proposal Guide at: www.tandemlaunch.com/#inventors
S’informer et télécharger le Guide de candidature à: www.tandemlaunch.com/fr/#inventors
Sincerely,
Katie Young Morris
Project Creation
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