International Business Machines Corporation
Deriving avatar expressions in virtual reality environments

Abstract:

A method, system, and computer program product for detecting, by measuring a signal indicative of a movement of a facial muscle, a motion pattern; deriving, from the motion pattern, a derived motion pattern, wherein the motion pattern and the derived motion pattern each corresponds to different emotional responses of a class of emotional responses; creating an emotional model for the class of emotional responses based on the motion pattern and the derived motion pattern; and reconfiguring the derived motion pattern to a new motion pattern by (i) comparing the new motion pattern and the derived motion pattern and (ii) associating, based on the comparison, the new motion pattern with the class of emotional responses, wherein the derived motion pattern and the new motion pattern fail to be detected via muscle movement prior to the motion pattern.