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A Low-cost System for Generating Near Realistic Virtual Actors

Research Authors
Mahmoud Afifi, Khaled F. Hussain, Hosny M. Ibrahim, and Nagwa M. Omar
Research Department
Research Journal
3D Research
Research Member
Research Rank
1
Research Publisher
Springer
Research Vol
vol. 6 no. 2
Research Website
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13319-015-0050-y#
Research Year
2015
Research_Pages
1-21
Research Abstract

Generating virtual actors is one of the most challenging fields in computer graphics. The reconstruction of a realistic virtual actor has been paid attention by the academic research and the film industry to generate human-like virtual actors. Many movies were acted by human-like virtual actors, where the audience cannot distinguish between real and virtual actors. The synthesis of realistic virtual actors is considered a complex process. Many techniques are used to generate a realistic virtual actor; however they usually require expensive hardware equipment. In this paper, a low-cost system that generates near-realistic virtual actors is presented. The facial features of the real actor are blended with a virtual head that is attached to the actor’s body. Comparing with other techniques that generate virtual actors, the proposed system is considered a low-cost system that requires only one camera that records the scene without using any expensive hardware equipment. The results of our system show that the system generates good near-realistic virtual actors that can be used on many applications.