Part 1: Humanoid animation (HAnim) architecture

Foreword

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This document was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology, Subcommittee SC 24, Computer graphics, image processing and environmental data representation, in collaboration with Web3D Consortium Inc.

This first edition of ISO/IEC 19774-1, together with ISO/IEC 19774-2, cancels and replaces ISO 19774:2006, which has been technically revised.

The main changes are as follows:

— Facilitate integration with human figure design tools;

— Increased adoption of commonly used medical nomenclature;

— High-fidelity skeletal representations of human hands and feet;

— Addition of a more precise Level of Articulation (LOA);

— Increased consistency between all Levels of Articulation (LOA).

A list of all parts in the ISO/IEC 19774 series can be found on the ISO website.

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