To answer to first question: yes. RealXtend viewer has its own voice module. This module connects to realXtend server (or ModreX enabled OpenSim) and sends all data to other realXtend clients through it. This voice module uses Speex codec over TCP instead of p2p. This scales quite good to at least ten people in same area.
The voice is supported, but the client doesn't show if the avatar is speaking or not. ______________________________ Mikko Pallari Server Technical Lead in RealXtend ADMINO technologies www.adminotech.com www.realxtend.org -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Fishwick Sent: 25. maaliskuuta 2009 16:05 To: [email protected] Subject: [realXtend] Re: facial animation We have one (possibly 2) student knowledgeable in OGRE and we'd like to coordinate with your facial animation work starting in May - so as not to duplicate efforts. Our interest is in seeing if we can use the RealXtend viewer for interacting with our cultural island, which is currently in Second Life but will be ported to OpenSim. Related questions for you and the realxtend group: 1) Is voice supported? Jani mentioned this in a Cyber post, I think, but when I press on the voice button in the RealXtend client, it doesn't show my avatar as "speaking". 2) Are there good solutions for Text-to-Speech (TTS) and speech recognition in the open source domain? One of our research groups here uses Dragon Naturally Speaking for the latter through the commercial SDK. Thanks. -p Tony Manninen wrote: > Facial animation and webcam tracking for realXtend is something LudoCraft is > working on at the moment. There are some interesting developments, but also > huge challenges in terms of the work required. > > We'll keep you posted as soon as we have some concrete results. > > Cheers, > Tony > > LudoCraft Ltd. > http://www.ludocraft.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of ATupper > Sent: 25. maaliskuuta 2009 7:42 > To: realXtend > Subject: [realXtend] Re: facial animation > > > Agreed. As a professional animator interested in using the SL/RX > platform for machinima, I'm somewhat appalled by what currently passes > for face animation. As was mentioned on another thread, it would be > immensely useful to use computer vision software to allow for real- > time face expression tracking. Also on the machinima side of things, > the lack of any real controls over the hands is another sticking > point. Its hard to get nuanced performances out of avatars with hands > which essentially have the articulation level of someone with > extremely severe arthritis. > > > > > > -- Paul Fishwick, PhD Professor and Director, Digital Arts and Sciences Programs University of Florida Computer & Information Science and Eng. Dept. Bldg. CSE, Room 301 P.O. Box 116120 Gainesville, FL 32611 Email: [email protected] Phone: (352) 392-1414 Fax: (352) 392-1220 Web: http://www.cise.ufl.edu/~fishwick --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ http://groups.google.com/group/realxtend http://www.realxtend.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
