Making faces

Making Faces: Information Does Not Exist

In this article we attempt three things. First, to show that common conceptions and usages of the term 'information' are misleading; they lead to particular misunderstandings and misdirections, particularly amongst those disciplines and practices which locate information at their core. Second, to describe a conceptual framework which helps explain why information as conventionally conceived doe...

Making faces: creating three-dimensional parameterized models of facial expression.

Previous studies of the perceptual processing and dynamics of emotional expression in faces have been limited by the lack of realistic yet controlled stimuli. The present work offers researchers a method for creating such stimuli for exploring these phenomena. We describe the creation of the stimuli and a series of experiments testing the validity of these stimuli with respect to emotional expr...

Making bas-reliefs from photographs of human faces

Bas-reliefs are a form of flattened artwork, part-way between 3D sculpture and 2D painting. Recent research has considered automatic bas-relief generation from 3D scenes. However, little work has addressed the generation of bas-reliefs from 2D images. In this paper, we propose a method to automatically generate bas-relief surfaces from frontal photographs of human faces, with potential applicat...

Making Faces: Exploring Perceptions of Personality Based on Emotional Expressions

Researchers at Wright State University have been working on modeling computer agents with personality. Perception of personality between humans is based on many factors, one of which includes facial expression. Many researchers have explored the ability to recognize emotion in faces, while other research focuses on perception of personality based on faces (physiognomy). The purpose of this stud...

Red faces and yellow faces.