3D-rendered faces are a big part of any major movie or game now, but the task of capturing and animating them in a natural way can be a tough one. Disney Research is working on ways to smooth out this ...

Machine-learned, light-field camera reads facial expressions from high-contrast illumination invariant 3D facial images. A joint research team led by Professors Ki-Hun Jeong and Doheon Lee from the ...

Animators have a tough task creating realistic animations that reflect the nuances and emotions of real people. But Mixamo has created a game development tool called Face Plus that can capture a face ...

If you smiled at someone and they didn't smile back, you'd probably find it off-putting. Well, that's what usually happens if you smile at a humanoid robot … but not in the case of the ...

Beijing Zhongke Journal Publising Co. Ltd. This study is led by Dr. Claudio FERRARI (Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma, Italy), and Prof. Stefano BERRETTI, Prof. Pietro ...

Facial expressions play a fundamental role in social communication. While it is well established that others’ expressions influence our behavior—such as approaching a smiling person or avoiding an ...