Differencing and Merging for 3D Animation Revision Control

Version Control System (VCS) techniques for managing the creation of 3D computer generated models exist for static 3D models, however, there are no solutions for revision control of the animation data from animated 3D models. A precondition for any type of VCS is the ability to compare two versions of an item, to identify the differences between them and to combine these. To this end, we propose a novel 3-way difference, merging and conflict resolution technique for 3D animation data.