ARKit to FACS: Blendshape Cheat Sheet

If you or your team are using open-source face tracking kits, figuring out what’s what can be challenging. Navigate the ambiguity with the FACS Translation Sheet!

Bias In Emotion Tracking

We seem to subscribe to the popular oversimplification that machines are less biased than humans; however, if you are familiar with the ways in which machines are trained to read and focus on different aspects of data, you will know: It’s just not that simple.

Inner Brow Raiser: Deep Dive

Inner brow raiser is one of the most difficult facial actions to find clean references for. Many sources fail to find actors who can separate their inner brow raiser from other facial actions such as outer brow raiser (from frontalis, pars lateralis) and brow lowerer (from corrugator).

The Secret Life of Inner Brow Raiser

While people can generally activate inner brow raiser spontaneously, inner brow raiser stakes claim as one of the most notoriously difficult action units to trigger during posed expressions. Its elusive nature plagues various fields – from academic research to machine learning and character art. 

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