6600sgs@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (steve steinberg) (08/21/90)
A few weeks ago I posted a message requesting references to articles concerning facial animation. I received many letters from people who also wanted to learn more, but only two people were able to provide any information. What follows is what I have been able to track down so far. OVERVIEW The first articles on the subject appeared in the mid 70's, many of them by Fred Parke. Parke continues to be the most prominent researcher in this area. Interest continued through the 80's, much of the research concerned with improving the parametric model method. In the last couple years the field has exploded with many different groups researching facial animation from different directions. Things like mapping a "real" scanned face onto the computer model to make it more realistic looking and trying to convey expressions, not just lip movements are hot topics of research. REFERENCES (ABBREVIATED) Porter, S. Made For The Stage. Computer Graphics World, August 1990. (Vol 13,#8) --- A recent general overview of the area. Parke, F. Parameterized models for facial animation. IEEE CG&A. 9,2, Bov. 1982 61-68 Platt, S. Animating Facial Expressions. Computer Graphics, Vol. 15, No. 3, Aug. 1981, pp. 245-252. Pearce, A., Wyvill, B., Wyvill, G., Hill, D. Speech and expression. Proceedings, Graphics Interface. 1986, 136-140. Lewis, J.P. and Purcell, P. Soft Machine: a personable interface. Proceedings, Graphics Interface. May 1984, 223-226. Lewis, J.P. and Parke, F.I. Automated Lip-Synch and Speech Synthesis for Character Animation. Proceedings, CHI+GI. 1987, 143-147. From mks@cs.brown.edu > You should definitely look at SIGGRAPH '90 Conference Proceedings, > page 235 ff., "Performance-Driven Facial Animation" by Lance > Williams of Apple Computer. I attended his paper presentation > at SIGGRAPH, and the video clips were impressive. (this was also noted by bcorrie@uvicctr.uvic.ca) Does anyone know how I can get a copy of this paper now? Thanks, -- ____________________________________________________________________ steve steinberg 6600sgs@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu