Human image synthesis

In this morph target animation system four "expressions" have been defined as deformations of the geometry of the model. Any combination of these four expressions can be used to animate the mouth shape. Similar controls can be applied to animate an entire human-like model.

Human image synthesis is technology that can be applied to make believable and even photorealistic renditions[1][2] of human-likenesses, moving or still. It has effectively existed since the early 2000s. Many films using computer generated imagery have featured synthetic images of human-like characters digitally composited onto the real or other simulated film material. Towards the end of the 2010s deep learning artificial intelligence has been applied to synthesize images and video that look like humans, without need for human assistance, once the training phase has been completed, whereas the old school 7D-route required massive amounts of human work .

  1. ^ Physics-based muscle model for mouth shape control on IEEE Explore (requires membership)
  2. ^ Realistic 3D facial animation in virtual space teleconferencing on IEEE Explore (requires membership)