"Expressions of the eyes: A detailed, animatable model"

Supervised by Dr SC Maddock

Abstract

There can be little doubt that the human eye is immensely important in human interaction. They are the natural focus point when addressing a person, and are extremely important in recognition and conveying emotion. Because of the attention that eyes receive, and their inherent detail, it is immensely helpful when rendering computer-generated humans if the eyes appear convincing.

The aim of this project is to develop a model of the human eyes and surrounding tissue which is realistic in appearance and can be rendered in real-time, along with a parameterized interface which allows the model to be animated sufficiently to display a full range of human expression. The project will use an existing facial animation program as a starting point.

Due to time constraints much of the implementation of the project was not possible, so much of this report looks at the project from a more speculative viewpoint. The system is implemented with limited functionality.