title: Real-time Avatar Animation from a Single Image.
abstract: A real time facial puppetry system is presented. Compared with existing systems, the proposed method requires no special hardware, runs in real time (23 frames-per-second), and requires only a single image of the avatar and user. The user's facial expression is captured through a real-time 3D non-rigid tracking system. Expression transfer is achieved by combining a generic expression model with synthetically generated examples that better capture person specific characteristics. Performance of the system is evaluated on avatars of real people as well as masks and cartoon characters.
authors.affiliation: ICT Center, CSIRO, 1 Technology Court, Brisbane, QLD 4069, Australia.
authors.forename: Jason M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Saragih
authors.affiliation: ICT Center, CSIRO, 1 Technology Court, Brisbane, QLD 4069, Australia.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lucey
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, 4323 Sennott Square, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Cohn