Based on the Chinese folk tale 'Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai', this romantic tragedy portrays 'Romeo and Juliet' from a distinctly Chinese angle, with its two star-crossed lovers facing the obstacle of a class-based arranged marriage and the archaic idea that 'a virtuous woman is one without any talent.' Their fateful convergence begins as the heroine, Yingtai, escapes from her imprisonment in a home where she is not valued and disguises herself as a man, only to fall passionately in love with Shanbo, the poor young scholar she comes to live and study with while she is in disguise. Yingtai's...

In Computeranimation und virtueller Realitat geht es neben optischer Darstellungsqualitat auch darum, dynamische Anderungen (Bewegung, Verformung, etc.) realistisch wiederzugeben. Das Buch liefert einen Uberblick uber die Methoden von Modellierung und Simulation dynamischer Prozesse in virtuellen, computergenerierten Welten. Das umfasst die Dynamik von Mehrkorpersystemen, kinematischen Strukturen und verformbaren Objekten bis hin zu virtuellen "Lebewesen." Dabei werden neben den technischen Grundkonzepten aktuelle Ansatze aus der Forschung dargestellt."

Just a few years ago, virtual reality was regarded as more a toy than a tool. Today, however, it is becoming the enabling technology for man-machine communications. The rapid development of graphics hardware and soft ware makes its application possible. Besides building walkthroughs and landscape fly-overs with very realistic visual effects, we can recognize the trend toward industrial applications. This is because of the emerging need for tools for rapid product development. Especially in the aeronautical and automotive industries, companies have began to investigate and develop virtual...