Facial Expressions In Androids- Way To Go

Facial expressions and emotions are one of the toughest thing to achieve for CG and Android Robots.
Have a look at the latest development in Androids trying to mimic human expression. Scientists have created a robotic face that can accurately mimic six human facial expressions. I feel it is still far away compared to CG. But it is a good attempt to cross uncanny valley. I know how hard it is to mimic humans emotions and apply that into quantifiable limits in robots and 3D.

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Real time digital human facial expression

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