Eyemotion: Classifying facial expressions in VR using eye-tracking cameras

S Hickson, N Dufour, A Sud, V Kwatra… - 2019 IEEE winter …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
One of the main challenges of social interaction in virtual reality settings is that head-
mounted displays occlude a large portion of the face, blocking facial expressions and …

Performance enhancement of facial electromyogram-based facial-expression recognition for social virtual reality applications using linear discriminant analysis …

HS Cha, CH Im - Virtual Reality, 2022 - Springer
Recent studies have indicated that facial electromyogram (fEMG)-based facial-expression
recognition (FER) systems are promising alternatives to the conventional camera-based …

In the blink of an eye: Event-based emotion recognition

H Zhang, J Zhang, B Dong, P Peers, W Wu… - ACM SIGGRAPH 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
We introduce a wearable single-eye emotion recognition device and a real-time approach to
recognizing emotions from partial observations of an emotion that is robust to changes in …

Social viewing in cinematic virtual reality: a design space for social movie applications

S Rothe, A Schmidt, M Montagud, D Buschek… - Virtual Reality, 2021 - Springer
Since watching movies is a social experience for most people, it is important to know how an
application should be designed for enabling shared cinematic virtual reality (CVR) …

VRComm: an end-to-end web system for real-time photorealistic social VR communication

SNB Gunkel, R Hindriks, KME Assal… - Proceedings of the 12th …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Tools and platforms that enable remote communication and collaboration provide a strong
contribution to societal challenges. Virtual meetings and conferencing, in particular, can help …

Real-time recognition of facial expressions using facial electromyograms recorded around the eyes for social virtual reality applications

HS Cha, SJ Choi, CH Im - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent developments of social virtual reality (VR) services using avatars have increased the
need for facial expression recognition (FER) technology. FER systems are generally …

Emotional beasts: visually expressing emotions through avatars in VR

G Bernal, P Maes - Proceedings of the 2017 CHI conference extended …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
With the advances in Virtual Reality (VR) and physiological sensing technology, even more
immersive computer-mediated communication through life-like characteristics is now …

Recognition and mapping of facial expressions to avatar by embedded photo reflective sensors in head mounted display

K Suzuki, F Nakamura, J Otsuka… - 2017 IEEE Virtual …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a facial expression mapping technology between virtual avatars and Head-
Mounted Display (HMD) users. HMD allow people to enjoy an immersive Virtual Reality (VR) …

Systematic literature review on user logging in virtual reality

A Luoto - Proceedings of the 22nd International Academic …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
In this systematic literature review, we study the role of user logging in virtual reality
research. By categorizing literature according to data collection methods and identifying …

Identity preserving face completion for large ocular region occlusion

Y Zhao, W Chen, J Xing, X Li, Z Bessinger, F Liu… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2018 - arxiv.org
We present a novel deep learning approach to synthesize complete face images in the
presence of large ocular region occlusions. This is motivated by recent surge of VR/AR …