3D Facial Animation- Recreating human heads with virtual skin, bones, and muscles - Softcover

Kähler, Kolja

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3836444801 ISBN 13: 9783836444804

Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K., 2007

Synopsis

The creation of computer-animated human faces is a long-standing and challenging problem since the early 1970s. There are numerous approaches to facial animation, but to this day no general-purpose system exists that solves the problem in a manner satisfying the needs of all practical applications. An obvious approach to achieve generality is the simulation of the inner workings of a real face. The ultimate goal is to have the full range of conformation and expressiveness in the face emerge "naturally" through precise modeling of the anatomical structure and accurate simulation of tissue properties. This has so far only been realized in parts, and no current implementation catches all the intricacies of the human face. This text describes an approach for building and animating virtual head models with anatomical structure, animated in a physics-based manner by use of muscle contractions that in turn cause skin deformations.

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3D Facial Animation The creation of computer-animated human faces is a long-standing and challenging problem since the early 1970s. There are numerous approaches to facial animation, but to this day no general-purpose system exists that solves the problem in a manner satisfying the needs of all practical applications. An obvious approach to achieve generality is the simulation of the inner workings of a real face. Th... Full description

Edition details

• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3836444801
• ISBN 13: 9783836444804
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 172