Avatar Mirrors: an inquiry into presence in facial motion capture animated avatars

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dc.contributor.advisorCharlton, James
dc.contributor.advisorMarks, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Donald Anthony
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-13T23:02:13Z
dc.date.available2015-09-13T23:02:13Z
dc.date.copyright2015
dc.date.created2015
dc.date.issued2015
dc.date.updated2015-09-13T01:59:24Z
dc.description.abstractThis study explores factors responsible for a higher sense of presence in a Computer Generated (CG) avatar animated using real time facial motion capture technology. The intent of this research is to maximise presence in the user and to minimise feelings of uncanniness. Facial motion capture and CG animated faces are used to explore the relationship between participants, their embodiment in a facially imitative avatar and the virtual environment that it inhabits. The research proposes new perspectives on how avatars might be embodied by participants and offers new viewpoints and types of mirrors for reflection. The current “selfie” fad enabled by the latest mobile phone technology is treated as the equivalent to the myth of Narcissus in which the young hunter becomes entranced with his own image in a pool of water. Both are seen as manifestations of our fascination with our own image and indicative of a desire to better see and understand our own image. The research found that increased fidelity and responsiveness of sensor coupling; in this case real time facial motion capture, along with manipulations of the virtual environment caused participants to report feelings of presence. Social presence; the feelings of presence of another intelligence, was explored with the use of high fidelity data scans producing convincing morphology and motion detection of user’s contributing to engagement.en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/9047
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherAuckland University of Technology
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectAvataren_NZ
dc.subjectFacial motion captureen_NZ
dc.subjectCGen_NZ
dc.subjectPresenceen_NZ
dc.subjectEmbodimenten_NZ
dc.subjectFacial Action Coding Systemen_NZ
dc.titleAvatar Mirrors: an inquiry into presence in facial motion capture animated avatarsen_NZ
dc.typeThesis
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thesis.degree.grantorAuckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.grantorAuckland University of Technology
thesis.degree.levelMasters Theses
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Creative Technologiesen_NZ
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