3 papers
cs.CV2026
Emotion Intensity Matters: Generating Realistic Expressions in Virtual Humans with CVAEs
Vitor Miguel Xavier Peres, Lara Volpato, Gabriel Ferri Scnheider +1
Generating expressive facial behavior in virtual humans (VHs) remains a central challenge in affective computing and character animation. This paper presents a novel approach based…
cs.HC2023
Crafting Realistic Virtual Humans: Unveiling Perspectives on Human Perception, Crowds, and Embodied Conversational Agents
Rubens Montanha, Victor Araujo, Paulo Knob +4
Virtual Humans (VHs) were first developed more than 50 years ago and have undergone significant advancements since then. In the past, creating and animating VHs was a complex task.…
cs.CV2023
Can we truly transfer an actor's genuine happiness to avatars? An investigation into virtual, real, posed and spontaneous faces
Vitor Miguel Xavier Peres, Greice Pinho Dal Molin, Soraia Raupp Musse
A look is worth a thousand words is a popular phrase. And why is a simple look enough to portray our feelings about something or someone? Behind this question are the theoretical f…