• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.02a
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• pp.531-537
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• 2009

When creating large crowds, it is unavoidable that the models and motions of many characters will be cloned. McDonnell implemented experiments focus on appearance and motion of characters to test user perception of crowds. As a result, appearance clones were easier to perceive than motion clones. In this paper, I researched about relation between character cloning and user perception for real-time game environment expanding McDonnell's research. This paper focuses on the way to recognition of multiple clones in dramatic environment free to change view point and has crowds move to every directions by trajectories. In particular, this paper shows the possibility of character diversification applied various shapes, colors and patterns to game item have important elements for game characters. Also, I suggests range of distances between clones by a series of experiments of user perception for clones's moving direction and distance.

• Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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• v.15 no.11
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• pp.819-830
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• 2009

When simulating large crowds, it is inevitable that the models and motions of many characters will be cloned. McDonnell et al. analyzed user's perception to find cloned characters. They established that clones of appearance are far easier to detect than motion clones. In this paper, we expand McDonnell's research[1], with the focus on multiple clones and the appearance variety in real-time game environment. Introducing the perceptual organization, we show the appearance variety of crowd clones by using game items and texture modulation. Other factors that influence the ability to detect clones were examined, such as the moving direction and distance between character clones. Our results provide novel insights and useful thresholds that will assist in creating more realistic crowds of game environments.