This paper presents a method to automatically and efficiently detect face tampering in
videos, and particularly focuses on two recent techniques used to generate hyper-realistic …

Digital images are everywhere, from social media to news and scientific papers. This paper
describes an extensive user study to evaluate the ability of an average individual to spot …

The uncanny valley (UV) hypothesis suggests that increasingly human-like robots or virtual
characters elicit more familiarity in their observers (positive affinity) with the exception of …

This course will introduce students, researchers and digital artists to the recent results in
perceptual research on virtual characters. It covers both how technical and artistic aspects …

The advent in graphic rendering software and technological progress in hardware can
generate or modify photorealistic computer graphic (CG) images that are difficult to identify …

There is a continuous effort by animation experts to create increasingly realistic and more
human-like digital characters. However, as virtual characters become more human they risk …

Virtual as compared with real human characters can elicit a sense of uneasiness in human
observers, characterized by lack of familiarity and even feelings of eeriness (the “uncanny …

Visual realism is defined as the extent to which an image appears to people as a photo
rather than computer generated. Assessing visual realism is important in applications like …

Facilitation of fake face generation in recent years, thanks to advancements in computer
graphics and artificial intelligence, raises concerns about malicious use of these techniques …

There are strict guidelines on photoediting in newsrooms and serious professional
repercussions for any failure to adhere to them, while computer-generated imagery is …