AR Faces

September 24th, 2011
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Arturo Castro says:

This is a technical demo for face substitution technique. The application works in real time and it’s developed using the opensource framework for creative coding openFrameworks: openFrameworks.cc

Most of the “magic” happens thanks to Jason Saragih’s c++ library for face tracking web.mac.com/​jsaragih/​FaceTracker/​FaceTracker.html. The face tracking library returns a mesh that matches the contour of the eyes, nose, mouth and other facial features.

That way the mesh obtained from a photo is matched to my own face in the video. Applying some color interpolation algorithms from Kevin Atkinson’s image clone code: methodart.blogspot.com/​ gives it the blending effect that can be seen in the final footage.

I’m also using Kyle McDonald’s ofxFaceTracker addon for openframeworks github.com/​kylemcdonald/​ofxFaceTracker which wraps Jason’s library for easier use.

Kyle has uploaded another video giving a try at a different blending algorithm, which get rids of the artifacts and an even creepier look: vimeo.com/​29348533

Augmented Reality Face Tracking by Xcel Energy

November 17th, 2009
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Augmented Reality face tracking at Hockey Stadium in Minneapolis by Xcel Energy.

Transformers goes Augmented

July 5th, 2009
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“We are Autobots” Campaign have played with the concept of the mirror using face tracking technology. Sure, if “We are Autobots”, we have to be Autobots. Right?