Exact eye contact with virtual humans

  • Authors:
  • Andrei State

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina and InnerOptic Technology Inc., Chapel Hill, NC

  • Venue:
  • HCI'07 Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE international conference on Human-computer interaction
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

This paper describes a simple yet effective method for achieving accurate, believable eye contact between humans and computer-generated characters, which to the author's knowledge is demonstrated here for the first time. A prototype system provides a high-fidelity stereoscopic head-tracked virtual environment, within which the user can engage in eye contact with a near-photorealistic virtual human model. The system does not require eye tracking. The paper describes design and implementation details, and reports qualitative positive feedback from initial testers.