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http://dx.doi.org/10.5392/JKCA.2013.13.07.009

Realistic Expression Factor to Visual Presence of Virtual Avatar in Eye Reflection  

Won, Myoung Ju (상명대학교 대학원 감성공학과)
Lee, Eui Chul (상명대학교 소프트웨어대학 컴퓨터과학과)
Whang, Min-Cheol (상명대학교 소프트웨어대학 디지털미디어학과)
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The Journal of the Korea Contents Association / v.13, no.7, 2013 , pp. 9-15 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the VnR (Virtual and Real Worlds) of recent virtual reality convergence, the modelling of realistic human face is focused on the facial appearance such as the shape of facial parts and muscle movement. However, the facial changing parameters caused by environmental factors beyond the facial appearance factors can be regarded as important ones in terms of effectively representing virtual avatar. Therefore, this study evaluates user's visual feeling response according to the opacity variation of eye reflection of virtual avatar which is considered as a new parameter for reprenting realistic avatar. Experimental result showed that more clear eye reflection induced more realistic visual feeling of subjects. This result can be regarded as a basis for designing realistic virtual avatar by supporting a new visual realistic representing factor (eye reflection) and its degree of representation (reflectance ratio).
Keywords
Virtual Realization; Virtual Avatar; Eye Reflection;
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