02200nas a2200385   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653001400043653001400057653001700071653002300088653002300111653001900134653001900153653001900172653002000191653001900211653002200230653001900252653002000271653001900291100001700310700001900327700002800346700002000374700002400394700001900418700002100437700002100458700002100479245006200500490000700562520122500569022002001794                                       d10a3D models10aAnimation10aCase-studies10aComputer animation10aCultural heritages10aDigital humans10aHeritage Craft10aMotion capture10aVirtual reality10aVirtual worlds10acultural heritage10adigital humans10aheritage crafts10aMotion capture1 aNedjma Yazli1 aEvangelia Baka1 aNadia Magnenat-Thalmann1 aDanae Kaplanidi1 aNikolaos Partarakis1 aEffie Karuzaki1 aManos Zidianakis1 aAndreas Pattakos1 aXenophon Zabulis00aModeling craftspeople for cultural heritage: A case study0 v333 aIntangible heritage is often linked to human actions and performances. The use of digital humans (DHs) for its digital representation and therefore its preservation, allows reframing the way to transmit and deal with content that is difficult to visualize. To that end, the digital human becomes an important element establishing the connection between the action, the objects, the knowledge, and the environment. In this article, we describe the development of DHs acting as practitioners and storytellers for traditional craft processes within virtual environments. We present the process and the tasks involved in modeling, designing, and animating DHs, detailing the underlying technological background. Animations were completely based on real humans  motion extraction while working on the corresponding craft. As a result, we present the different DHs models created for three specific heritage crafts: mastic cultivation, glass blowing, and silk weaving as well as an AR application, built to augment exhibits of the Chios Mastic Museum. This article is a practical description of the steps to model and animate virtual humans. The work aims to bring a methodology for achieving DHs creation for CH applications.  a15464261 (ISSN)