Coupled 3D Reconstruction of Sparse Facial Hair and Skin

July 2012 in “ ACM transactions on graphics ”

Thabo Beeler, Bernd Bickel, Gioacchino Noris, Paul Beardsley, Steve Marschner, Robert W. Sumner, Markus Groß

facial hair skin 3D reconstruction multiview stereo hair-synthesis underlying skin surface

TLDR The new algorithm accurately captures both facial hair and skin in 3D using a camera-based system.

The research developed an algorithm for simultaneous 3D reconstruction of facial hair and skin using a passive, camera-based system that captured data in a single exposure and was robust against arbitrary motion. The algorithm traced and reconstructed hairs in 3D using a multiview stereo approach, while a coupled skin-reconstruction algorithm provided the underlying skin surface, even in occluded areas. In dense hair regions, a hair-synthesis method created plausible hair fibers. The system was successfully demonstrated on several individuals, reconstructing various facial-hair styles along with the underlying skin surface.

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