METHOD FOR SHARING EMOTIONS THROUGH THE CREATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL AVATARS AND THEIR INTERACTION THROUGH A CLOUD-BASED PLATFORM

摘要

Described herein is a method for creating a 3D avatar from a 2D photo for use on a mobile device. The method comprises acquiring an image (910), searching the image for a human face (920), and searching for facial characteristics (930) which are compared to a series of points to create a 3D mode! (940). To the 3D model, appropriate fitting (950), skinning (960) and texturing (970) are applied before the final reconstruction (980).