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Accurate behaviour and believability of computer generated images of human head

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VRCAI '11: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Virtual Reality Continuum and Its Applications in Industry

Pages 545 - 548

https://doi.org/10.1145/2087756.2087860

Published: 11 December 2011 Publication History

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Preserving the integrity of realistic animated Computer Generated (CG) Humans is tantamount to ensuring audience perception and believability. However, projecting accurate behaviour in CG humans remains a potential problem. The effects of facial behaviour display (Facial Expression, Head Movement and Eye Movement) in terms of audience perception (Believability, Eeriness and Accurate Behaviour recognition) were tested utilising a CG animated human head.

The results of the study show areas of significance were recorded in the effect of CG human facial behaviour in participants' perception in response to three dependant measures. The most significant, eeriness, was caused by a category of facial movement whilst the inclusion of that facial expression and head movement created most believability. The accuracy of identifying behaviour was also increased by the inclusion of Head Movement. However, no significant effect was found for eye movement.

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VRCAI '11: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Virtual Reality Continuum and Its Applications in Industry

December 2011

617 pages

ISBN:9781450310604

DOI:10.1145/2087756

General Chairs:
Zhi-Qiang Liu
City University of Hong Kong, China
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Joaquim Jorge
Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
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Zhigeng Pan
China Society of Image and Graphics and Hangzhou Normal University, China
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Xiaopeng Zhang
Institute of Automation, CAS, China
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Oscar Kin-Chung Au
City University of Hong Kong
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Weiming Dong
Institute of Automation, CAS, China

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Diel AWeigelt SMacdorman K(2021)A Meta-analysis of the Uncanny Valley's Independent and Dependent VariablesACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction10.1145/347074211:1(1-33)Online publication date: 18-Oct-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3470742
Powell WCorbett NPowell V(2020)The Rise of the Virtual HumanNatural Language Processing10.4018/978-1-7998-0951-7.ch070(1459-1488)Online publication date: 2020
https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0951-7.ch070
Powell WCorbett NPowell V(2016)The Rise of the Virtual HumanCreative Technologies for Multidisciplinary Applications10.4018/978-1-5225-0016-2.ch005(99-129)Online publication date: 2016
https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0016-2.ch005

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