Project Number
- 98
Title
- Better Face Communication
Description
- Visualization of a virtual face-to-face communications environment.
Contact
- Shigeo Morishima
Affiliation
- University of Toronto
Address
- Department of Computer Science
- 6 King's College Road
- D.L. Platt Building, Room 265D
- Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4
- Canada
- +1.416.978.7497
- +1.416.978.1455 fax
- 6 King's College Road
- shigeo@ee.seikei.ac.jp
WWW
Year
- 1995
Reference
- SIGGRAPH 95 Visual Proceedings
Project Details
- "Better Face Communication presents visualization of a virtual face-to-face communications environment. A synthesized face is displayed with several kinds of expressions, which echo words spoken in real time. Communication and collaboration between the virtual operator and the participant control [the] facial expressions. After a few minutes of training, the participant learns how to control facial expressions and lip movement with a pointing device and voice input."
- The facial model is captured and mapped from the participant onto a 4000-polygon model. Voice training is achieved by speaking a few vowels into a microphone. After this, voice analysis is achieved through spectrum features and converted to mouth shape/jaw distortions on the model. Performance is faster than 30 frames per second on a SGI Onyx Reality Engine2.
Sight
- SGI Onyx Reality Engine2, graphics display, video capture camera
Sound
- microphone, amplified audio
Touch
Smell
Taste
Other
Emergence
- 1 - Innovation, Custom, Research
Intent
- 2 - Technique (paradigm, human)
Primary
- 203 - interactive paradigm, technique
Secondary
- 311 - communication
Remarks
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