Building Smiles – The Right Way
The smile is an essential expression for emotion and communication. Smiles form when our lip corners are pulled diagonally by a muscle called “zygomaticus major.”
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Bypassing VR Headset Occlusion in Face Tracking
VR’s ability to enhance remote presence may be more important now than ever given the new social restrictions from our current pandemic.
Breaking Down Nose Wrinkler (AU9)
An exploration of the nose wrinkler action and the evolution of changes caused by layered expressions.
Big Tech’s Homogeneous Hiring Habits Are Harming Our Data
As machine learning ambitions grow, data needs grow as well, transforming engineer-centric problems into cross-disciplinary matters.
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.
Cheek Raiser vs. Lid Tightener
Whether you’re using an expression model to pose AUs for academic research, product-based machine learning, or character art, you will face challenges acquiring pure examples of cheek raiser and lid tightener.