Real-time Face Capture and Reenactment

We present a novel approach for real-time facial reenactment of a monocular target video sequence (e.g., Youtube video). The source sequence is also a monocular video stream, captured live with a commodity webcam. Our goal is to animate the facial expressions of the target video by a source actor and re-render the manipulated output video in a photo-realistic fashion. To this end, we first address the under-constrained problem of facial identity recovery from monocular video by non-rigid model-based bundling. At run time, we track facial expressions of both source and target video using a dense photometric consistency measure. Reenactment is then achieved by fast and efficient deformation transfer between source and target. The mouth interior that best matches the re-targeted expression is retrieved from the target sequence and warped to produce an accurate fit. Finally, we convincingly re-render the synthesized target face on top of the corresponding video stream such that it seamlessly blends with the real-world illumination. We demonstrate our method in a live setup, where Youtube videos are reenacted in real time.

www.graphics.stanford.edu

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Bag of Randomness for Wednesday, March 23, 2016

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Bag of Randomness for Tuesday, March 22, 2016

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  • For unknown reasons, my mother-in-law always wanted a pet goat. Yesterday, for an early Easter present, her husband presented her with two.
  • Before I even married, I always thought it would be cool to build stuff with Lincoln Logs with my kids. Yesterday, that became a reality.
  • A friend and I figured out why we haven’t been watching much March Madness and why we prefer pro sports over college – the college kids leave early and there’s no connection to them like there used to be when they stayed all four years. We used Peyton Manning as an example. He went through all those years in Indianapolis never being able to win a playoff game, and then never being able to beat the Patriots, so there was a compelling story of him overcoming all these obstacles over the years and then finally winning it all. He then has neck surgery and is cut from Indy, and the story of going to the Broncos and his health was something to connect with. Sadly, for college, we really only get to follow a player for two years, three if we are lucky.
  • FiveThirtyEight – The NCAA Tournament’s Most ‘Where The Hell Is That College?’ Colleges, Ranked – That Austin Peay is a tricky one.
  • Students Pitch In More as Texas Colleges’ Athletics Costs Climb
  • People – Couple Accidentally Texts Strangers About Newborn, Strangers Show Up to Congratulate Them at Hospital
  • Harrison Ford did a Tumbler Q&A with the help of Entertainment Weekly, this response was my favorite, “Indiana Jones wears a leather jacket in the jungle…I’ve never had a proper explanation for that, but it looks cool.”
  • I had no idea basketball players use Stickum – Dwight Howard admits to cheating, doesn’t like being called a cheater
  • I’ve never tried the AMC two-screen experience where you sync the show to an app or something online, it seems rather than enhancing my experience it would just distract me.
  • I guess television stations no longer sign-off at the end of the night with the national anthem playing. I’d catch it all the time when I lived in Abilene.
  • Paul Reubens is having another career surge it seems. Netflix recently resurrected Pee Wee Herman and last night he was a guest star on ‘Gotham’.
  • Possible ‘Better Call Saul’ spoiler – If you like to link colors and their meaning to the characters, Kim Wexler was wearing a lot of purple last night, a sign she’s being mislead. And the show could also be titled ‘Mike Arrived in Alberqurque’ because his storyline is just as good if not better.
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First Baptist Dallas pastor Robert Jeffress invites you on an Alaskan cruise

I thought my fellow blogger, Barry in Wise County, summed it nicely, for the most part:

  • FBC Dallas pastor Robert Jeffress is promoting an Alaskan cruise. And you know he’s getting a cut. The 30 second ad even includes a “comedian” who suggest you purchase it because “your kids don’t need your inheritance.” And what follows from the web site is the most amazing thing I’ve ever read from a “Christian” minister. It promotes an upgrade with your ticket: “Travel in a new class of Christian luxury. Enjoy an incomparable experience by upgrading to our new Signature Service option of exclusive privileges and luxury amenities for your embarkation and disembarkation days. Make your Christian cruise exactly as you like it by adding the services that suit your travel style.” I’m checking my bible for the phrase “Christian luxury”. I thought it was right after “blessed are the poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs ” but I was mistaken. Incredible.
  • Christian luxury”? I’m almost livid. Dear First Baptist of Dallas which has lost its way: Fire that man or just admit you don’t care one iota about Christianity. If it does not, every member of that church needs to walk away and let it go down in flames. Talk about Idiocracy.
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