Paper Info
Title
Makeup Lamps: Live Augmentation of Human Faces via Projection.
Abstract
We propose the first system for live dynamic augmentation of human faces. Using projector-based illumination, we alter the appearance of human performers during novel performances. The key challenge of live augmentation is latency - an image is generated according to a specific pose, but is displayed on a different facial configuration by the time it is projected. Therefore, our system aims at reducing latency during every step of the process, from capture, through processing, to projection. Using infrared illumination, an optically and computationally aligned high-speed camera detects facial orientation as well as expression. The estimated expression blendshapes are mapped onto a lower dimensional space, and the facial motion and non-rigid deformation are estimated, smoothed and predicted through adaptive Kalman filtering. Finally, the desired appearance is generated interpolating precomputed offset textures according to time, global position, and expression. We have evaluated our system through an optimized CPU and GPU prototype, and demonstrated successful low latency augmentation for different performers and performances with varying facial play and motion speed. In contrast to existing methods, the presented system is the first method which fully supports dynamic facial projection mapping without the requirement of any physical tracking markers and incorporates facial expressions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1111/cgf.13128
Comput. Graph. Forum
Field
DocType
Volume
Projection mapping,Computer vision,Latency (engineering),Computer science,Projector,Kalman filter,Facial expression,Artificial intelligence,Computer facial animation,Latency (engineering),Offset (computer science)
Journal
36
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
0167-7055
21
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.99
48
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Amit H. Bermano113410.96
Markus Billeter215313.30
daisuke iwai338344.74
Anselm Grundhöfer425418.72