Digital Humans – How they are created and what defines their level of realism

30 October 2018
30 October 2018

Location: Room A102, Via Sommarive 5 - Polo Ferrari 1 (Povo, TN)
Time: 10:20

Speaker

Abstract

Non-verbal communication conveyed via facial gesticulation presents an universal language across the whole human population. While each face is unique, it carries an enormous amount of information that our brains process and understand. Throughout the talk we will be discussing how non-verbal communication and convincing facial gesticulation is captured in the 3D and 4D scanning process, and then processed in order to produce digital replicas of actual people - their facial biokinetic models. We will introduce different components along this process that define the fidelity and level of realism digital humans convey.

About the speaker

Uroš Sikimić, PhD, is leading business development activities and special projects at 3Lateral. He has a Bachelor and Master degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, from the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, and a joint PhD degree in Innovation and Technology Management awarded by three technical universities in Italy (Politecnico di Milano, Politecnico di Torino and Politecnico di Bari). He was engaged as a Visiting Researcher at Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden) and New York University (USA), where he conducted research in the field of Big Data analysis exploring market for technologies, patent trade and licensing activities of companies. Uroš Sikimić completed his Post-Doctoral studies at Singapore Management University (Singapore) where he was responsible to study, consult and support technology start-ups. His expertise lies in between technology and business, while he has a proven track record of helping companies grow by maximizing the potential embedded in their technologies. 

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