High-Fidelity Facial Performance Capture

These vids are impressive! I think the uncanny valley might be conquered in our lifetime ha ha Fingers crossed!










Disney Research Hub



 Blur Studio

Carefully Crossing the Uncanny Valley in Maleficent?

Carefully Crossing the Uncanny Valley in Maleficent via WIRED

Snappers Facial Rig

More info over on CGMeetup



Snappers Facial Rig by CGMeetup

The Art Of Deciphering Facial Expression

'Psychologist Paul Ekman is reputedly the best human lie detector in the world. He has been researching facial expressions for more than forty years. He has learned to move every single muscle in his face at will. Over the years he has created an 'atlas of emotions' with more than ten thousand facial expressions. Ekman's biggest discovery is the 'micro-expression', which shows up on our faces for fractions of a second as an indicator that we're lying and which reveals our true feelings.'

More great info on facial expression here:

// "The Mni Expression" by Mark Walsh and Bobby Podesta

// 'The Human Face' from the BBC (2001)

// The Face: Emotions Revealed

Face Research : Psychology of faces

This is an interesting website that studies the psychology of the face. It's free to register and no email is required.

Face Research

The Face: Emotions Revealed

The human face as we all know is SUPER complex! I've started looking around for more in depth studies of emotions and micro expressions to better enrich my facial performances. I'll be posting more about this subject over the next few weeks.

"A human being can generate 10,000 visibly different expressions but most of them you'll never see" - Paul Ekman

Emotions Revealed - KQED QUEST

*One interesting point from this vid (5:30 mark):

"Each emotion prepares the body for a specific action" meaning when a person is angry blood surges to the arms preparing you for a fight. When a person is scared blood flows to the feet preparing for an escape.