Moving from a set of independent virtual worlds to an integrated network of 3D virtual worlds
or Metaverse rests on progress in four areas: immersive realism, ubiquity of access and …

Facial appearance capture is now firmly established within academic research and used
extensively across various application domains, perhaps most prominently in the …

We present a novel image-based representation for dynamic 3D avatars, which allows
effective handling of various hairstyles and headwear, and can generate expressive facial …

Facial expressions of emotion in humans are believed to be produced by contracting one's
facial muscles, generally called action units. However, the surface of the face is also …

We present a method to synthesize plausible video sequences of humans according to user-
defined body motions and viewpoints. We first capture a small database of multi-view video …

Recent studies have shown how embodiment induced by multisensory bodily interactions
between individuals can positively change social attitudes (closeness, empathy, racial …

We present a method to acquire dynamic properties of facial skin appearance, including
dynamic diffuse albedo encoding blood flow, dynamic specular intensity, and per-frame high …

This paper presents a time‐varying, multi‐layered biophysically‐based model of the optical
properties of human skin, suitable for simulating appearance changes due to aging. We …

Exploration of the hyperspectral domain offers a host of new research and application
possibilities involving material appearance modeling. In this article, we address these …

Humans show emotion through different channels such as facial expression, head poses,
gaze patterns, bodily gestures, and speech prosody, but also through physiological signals …