Creating an avatar from a 3D selfie, Computer Graphics and Geometry Laboratory, EPFL, Vaud, Switzerland

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"Dynamic 3D Avatar Creation from Hand-held Video Input (https://lgg.epfl.ch/publications/2015/AvatarsSG)"
ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH), 2015

by Alexandru E. Ichim (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?12085), Sofien Bouaziz, and Mark Pauly

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https://youtu.be/6zP0E2atshw

Dynamic 3D Avatar Creation from Hand-held Video Input (SIGGRAPH 2015)

Published on Jun 8, 2015


SIGGRAPH 2015 Technical Paper

We present a complete pipeline for creating fully rigged, personalized 3D facial avatars from hand-held video. Our system faithfully recovers facial expression dynamics of the user by adapting a blendshape template to an image sequence of recorded expressions using an optimization that integrates feature tracking, optical flow, and shape from shading. Fine-scale details such as wrinkles are captured separately in normal maps and ambient occlusion maps. From this user- and expression-specific data, we learn a regressor for on-the-fly detail synthesis during animation to enhance the perceptual realism of the avatars. Our system demonstrates that the use of appropriate reconstruction priors yields compelling face rigs even with a minimalistic acquisition system and limited user assistance. This facilitates a range of new applications in computer animation and consumer-level online communication based on personalized avatars. We present realtime application demos to validate our method.
by Alexandru E. Ichim, Sofien Bouaziz, and Mark Pauly

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https://youtu.be/Q8Yg8px3dGY

Creating an avatar from a 3D selfie

Published on Aug 5, 2015


Generating a 3D duplicate of someone without the aid of a Hollywood studio: this is the challenge taken up by EPFL researchers.

Article "Creating an avatar from a 3D selfie (https://actu.epfl.ch/news/creating-an-avatar-from-a-3d-selfie)"

by Sarah Bourquenoud
May 8, 2015

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Article "Creating an avatar from a 3-D selfie (https://phys.org/news/2015-08-avatar-d-selfie.html)"

August 5, 2015

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https://youtu.be/nR3nq9B5SZ8

Digital avatar created from quick selfie

Published on Aug 7, 2015


An avatar that looks just like you and makes realistic movements could play you in your favourite games or virtual reality meetings
Read more: "Create your own realistic digital double with a few selfies (https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn28019-create-your-own-realistic-digital-double-with-a-few-selfies)"

August 7, 2015