Ari Shapiro

Contextual Gesture: Co-Speech Gesture Video Generation through Context-aware Gesture Representation

Co-speech gesture generation is crucial for creating lifelike avatars and enhancing human-computer interactions by synchronizing gestures with speech. Despite recent advancements, existing methods...

Study of detecting behavioral signatures within DeepFake videos

There is strong interest in the generation of synthetic video imagery of people talking for various purposes, including entertainment, communication, training, and advertisement. With the...

Learning Perspective Undistortion of Portraits

Near-range portrait photographs often contain perspective distortion artifacts that bias human perception and challenge both facial recognition and reconstruction techniques. We present the first...

Learning Perspective Undistortion of Portraits

Smart Mobile Virtual Characters: Video Characters vs. Animated Characters

The Effect of An Animated Virtual Character on Mobile Chat Interactions

Large Language Models for Virtual Human Gesture Selection

Hybrid Control for Interactive Character Animation

Avatar reshaping and automatic rigging using a deformable model

Acting the part: the role of gesture on avatar identity

A Practical and Configurable Lip Sync Method for Games

Study comparing video-based characters and 3D-based characters on mobile devices for chat

Building a Character Animation System

Deformation, parameterization and analysis of a single locomotion cycle

The effect of operating a virtual doppleganger in a 3D simulation

An Analysis of Motion Blending Techniques

Automating the Transfer of a Generic Set of Behaviors onto a Virtual Character

Can a Signing Virtual Human Engage a Baby's Attention?