Control and Coordination of Head, Eyes, and Facial Expressions of Virtual Actors in Virtual Environments

Abstract

This paper addresses the modeling and computational issues associated with the control and coordination of head, eyes, and facial expressions of virtual human actors. The emphasis, as much as possible, is on using accurate physics-based computations for motion computation. Some key issues discussed in this work include the use of kinematics and inverse kinematics, trajectory planning, and the use of finite element methods to model soft tissue deformations.