Simulation Guided Hair Dynamics Modeling from Video
September 2012
in “
Computer Graphics Forum
”
Studysummary This study developed a method that combines image-based and simulation techniques to improve the reconstruction of hair dynamics from multi-view videos, enabling accurate hair motion representation and animation.
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The paper presented a hybrid approach to reconstruct hair dynamics from multi-view video sequences captured under uncontrolled lighting conditions. The method combined image-based reconstruction techniques with physically based hair simulation to refine hair dynamics. An initially reconstructed sequence of hair fiber models was improved using particle-based simulation and incompressible fluid simulation, allowing for the enhancement of hair fiber motions and the completion of missing fibers due to occlusion or tracking failure. The refined space-time hair dynamics were consistent with video inputs and could be used to generate novel hair animations of different hairstyles. The method was validated through various real hair examples.
