10. The method of claim 1 , wherein first animation for at least one of (i) the gesture and (ii) the locomotion of the first virtual character, is retrieved from a motion data store.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein first animation for at least one of (i) the gesture and (ii) the locomotion of the first virtual character, is retrieved from a motion data store. 19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 , the operation further comprising: determining a plurality of virtual characters, inclusive of the first virtual character, that are participants to a group conversation; determining, for each of the plurality of virtual characters, whether the respective virtual character is an addresser or an addressee in the group conversation; determining, for each of the plurality of virtual characters, respective head and torso orientations at one or more positions within the first animation, based on the addresser and addressee determinations and an updated position of the first virtual character, the updated position determined using the generated data model and based on the locomotion of the first virtual character within the animation; and performing one or more post-processing operations based on at least a portion of the determined head and torso orientations.