D A N C E

Dynamic Animation and Control Environment

Author

Ari Shapiro (ashapiro@cs.ucla.edu)

Original Authors

Victor Ng-Thow-Hing

Petros Faloutsos

DANCE is a open, plug-in based, object-oriented software package for physics-based character animation. One of its goals is to provide researchers with a common platform where they can test their control methods and share their results. In addition, it provides the common, yet complex functionality that everyone needs in a physics-based animation system, allowing researchers to concentrate on their research work. DANCE has been used for a variety of physics-based applications that include biomechanics modelling and composeable controllers.

Features

Import/Export of motion capture
Ragdoll simulation
Physical simulation of characters with dynamic control
Pose based dynamic control
Creation of videos from OpenGL or high quality output via POVRay http://www.povray.org
Integrated with the Open Dynamics Engine (ODE) http://www.ode.org
Easy plugin interface and example code
All source code included