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EmoPoseFace: Head Pose Aware Speech-Driven 3D Emotional Facial Animation Using Latent Diffusion.

Xin Zhao, Ju Dai, Feng Zhou

    IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
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    This study introduces EmoPoseFace, a new diffusion-based network for realistic 3D facial animation. It improves emotional expression and lip synchronization in virtual avatars by integrating head pose control.

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    Published on: July 24, 2019

    Area of Science:

    • Computer Vision
    • Computer Graphics
    • Artificial Intelligence

    Background:

    • Generating realistic 3D facial animations for virtual reality (VR) applications like digital avatars faces significant challenges.
    • Existing methods often fail to accurately synchronize lip movements, render natural expressions, and convey complex emotions simultaneously.
    • The influence of head pose on enhancing facial emotional expressiveness remains underexplored.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a novel method for generating speech-driven 3D emotional facial animations that incorporate synchronized head poses.
    • To address limitations in lip synchronization, natural expression, and emotional representation in current facial animation techniques.
    • To investigate and leverage the impact of head pose on emotional expressiveness in 3D facial animation.

    Main Methods:

    • Proposed EmoPoseFace, a novel Diffusion-based network utilizing a dual-branch conditional generation architecture.
    • Separately modeled facial expressions and head poses, integrating emotion and head-pose conditions for unified control.
    • Introduced the Global-local Facial Fine-grained Editing Module (GL-FFE) for emotional enhancement and detailed facial modification.

    Main Results:

    • EmoPoseFace demonstrated superior performance over existing methods in lip-sync accuracy and emotional detail preservation.
    • The integration of head pose control and the GL-FFE module significantly enhanced the expressiveness of virtual facial animations.
    • User studies confirmed the effectiveness and naturalness of the fine-grained facial editing capabilities.

    Conclusions:

    • EmoPoseFace effectively generates speech-driven 3D emotional facial animations with synchronized head poses, overcoming limitations of previous methods.
    • The proposed approach enhances emotional expressiveness and realism in virtual avatars through integrated head pose and fine-grained facial control.
    • The method offers a significant advancement for creating more engaging and lifelike virtual characters in VR and related fields.