Cheap Emotion: Using a Webcam and 2D Motion Capture to Portray Emotion
Author
Hilmarsdóttir, Ósk
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2010
Submitted on
2010-12-20
Pages
77
Abstract
Dette projekt undersøger, hvordan man kan lave facial motion capture (registrering af ansigtsbevægelser til en digital figur) med billigt udstyr, så følelser kan aflæses i figurens ansigtsudtryk. Med et almindeligt webcam optog jeg en skuespillers ansigt, mens han talte om sin højtelskede kat, for at fremkalde naturlige udtryk. Resultaterne blev vurderet gennem en ekspertevaluering, en kvantitativ test og kvalitative tests; én test blev kasseret, fordi den var gennemført forkert. Resultaterne viser, at figurens ansigtsudtryk formidlede de samme følelser som i originalvideoen. Med yderligere udvikling kan denne lavpris-tilgang være nyttig for animationsvirksomheder.
This project explores how to create facial motion capture (recording facial movements for a digital character) using inexpensive equipment, so that emotions can be read from the character’s facial expressions. Using a standard webcam, I recorded an actor while he talked about his beloved cat to elicit natural expressions. I evaluated the results through an expert review, a quantitative test, and qualitative tests; one test was discarded because it was executed improperly. The findings show that the character’s facial expressions communicated the same emotions as in the original video. With further development, this low-cost approach could be useful for animation companies.
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