%0 Generic %A Gillies, M. %A Vinayagamoorthy, V. %A Robertson, D. %A Steed, A. %C Berlin / Heidelberg, Germany %D 2005 %F discovery:4859 %I Springer-Verlag %P 492-492 %T A Platform Independent Architecture for Virtual Characters and Avatars %U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/4859/ %X We have developed a Platform Independent Architecture for Virtual Characters and Avatars (PIAVCA), a character animation system that aims to be independent of any underlying graphics framework and so be easily portable. PIAVCA supports body animation based on a skeletal representation and facial animation based on morph targets. %Z The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com