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    • Virtual Reality

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    • To identify essential facial expression data for efficient, photorealistic avatar reconstruction.
    • To evaluate a streamlined data collection method focusing on user perception and experience.

    Main Methods:

    • A two-phase methodology involving facial data acquisition and user evaluation.
    • Phase 1: Data acquisition and reconstruction performance assessment using utterance and emotional data.
    • Phase 2: User evaluation comparing utterance-only, utterance+emotional data, and extensive data conditions.

    Main Results:

    • Targeted utterance and emotional data achieved realism, naturalness, and telepresence comparable to extensive data.
    • The streamlined approach significantly reduced training time and data requirements.
    • User evaluation with 24 participants in simulated conversations validated the findings.

    Conclusions:

    • Efficient avatar face reconstruction is achievable with targeted facial data inputs.
    • This method offers practical guidelines for real-time applications like AR/VR telepresence.
    • A balance between data quantity and perceived quality is crucial for effective avatar systems.