Affective scene generation

Citation

Hultquist C, Gain J & Cairns D (2006) Affective scene generation. In: AFRIGRAPH '06 4th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality and Visualisation in Africa. AFRIGRAPHInternational Conference on Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, Visualisation and Interaction in Africa, 2006. AFRIGRAPH '06 4th International Conference on Computer Graphics, Virtual Reality, Visualization and Interaction in Africa, Cape Town, South Africa, 25.01.2006-27.01.2006. New York, NY, USA: ACM, pp. 59-63. http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1108600&CFID=346292698&CFTOKEN=65697882; https://doi.org/10.1145/1108590.1108600

Abstract
A new technique for generating virtual environments is proposed, whereby the user describes the environment that they wish to create using adjectives. An entire scene is then procedurally generated, based on the mapping of these adjectives to the parameter space of the procedural models used. This mapping is determined through a pre-process, during which the user is presented with a number of scenes and asked to describe them using adjectives. With such a technique, the ability to create complex virtual environments is extended to users with little or no technical knowledge, and additionally provides a means for experienced users to quickly generate a large, complex environment which can then be modified by hand.