Face Transfer is a method for mapping videorecorded performances of one individual to facial animations of another. It extracts visemes (speech-related mouth articulations), expressions, and three-dimensional (3D) pose from monocular video or film ...

We have created a system for capturing both the three-dimensional geometry and color and shading information for human facial expressions. We use this data to reconstruct photorealistic, 3D animations of the captured expressions. The system uses a large ...

Blend shape animation is the method of choice for keyframe facial animation: a set of blend shapes (key facial expressions) are used to define a linear space of facial expressions. However, in order to capture a significant range of complexity of human ...

An innovative lighting algorithm is presented that allows scenes to be displayed with approximate global illumination including ambient occlusion and sky-light effects at real-time rates. The method is scalable for high polygonal scenes and requires a ...

An efficient method for rendering semi-transparent, multi-layered materials is presented. This method achieves the look of a volumetric material by exploiting several perceptual cues, based on depth and illumination, while combining multiple material ...

We introduce a view-dependent level of detail rendering system designed with modern GPU architectures in mind. Our approach keeps the data in static buffers and geomorphs between different LODs using per-vertex weights for seamless transition. Our ...

This paper presents a novel form of dynamically constructed Bayes net, developed for multi-domain sketch recognition. Our sketch recognition engine integrates shape information and domain knowledge to improve recognition accuracy across a variety of ...

We are interested in enabling a generic sketch recognition system that would allow more natural interaction with design tools in various domains, such as mechanical engineering, military planning, logic design, etc. We would like to teach the system the ...

We present a method for simply and interactively creating basic garments for dressing virtual characters in applications like video games. The user draws an outline of the front or back of the garment, and the system makes reasonable geometric ...

We present a system for modeling flowers in three dimensions quickly and easily while preserving correct botanical structures. We use floral diagrams and inflorescences, which were developed by botanists to concisely describe structural information of ...

Various systems have explored the idea of inferring 3D models from sketched 2D outlines. In all of these systems the underlying modeling methodology limits the complexity of models that can be created interactively. The ShapeShop sketch-based modeling ...

This paper describes a framework for introducing visually smooth surfaces into sketch-based freeform modeling systems. An existing sketch-based freeform modeling system generates rough polygonal meshes with uneven triangulations after each operation. ...

This paper presents a sketch-based modeling system for creating objects that have internal structures. The user input consists of hand-drawn sketches and the system automatically generates a volumetric model. The volumetric representation solves any ...

This paper introduces a new type of interface for 3D drawings that improves the usability of gestural interfaces and augments typical command-based modeling systems. In our suggestive interface, the user gives hints about a desired operation to the ...

We propose interactive beautification, a technique for rapid geometric design, and introduce the technique and its algorithm with a prototype system Pegasus. The motivation is to solve the problems with current drawing systems: too many complex commands ...

In this lecture, we will discuss mathematical sketching and its components. First, we will provide some motivation for why mathematical sketching is important. Second, we will explore the definition of mathematical sketching. Third, we will give a demo ...