Facial emotion recognition with a reduced feature set for video game and metaverse avatars

Darren Bellenger*, Minsi Chen, Zhijie Xu

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper presents a novel real-time facial feature extraction algorithm, producing a small feature set, suitable for implementing emotion recognition with online game and metaverse avatars. The algorithm aims to reduce data transmission and storage requirements, hurdles in the adoption of emotion recognition in these mediums. The early results presented show a facial emotion recognition accuracy of up to 92% on one benchmark dataset, with an overall accuracy of 77.2% across a wide range of datasets, demonstrating the early promise of the research.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere2230
JournalComputer Animation and Virtual Worlds
Volume35
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2024
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • emotion recognition
  • metaverse
  • online games
  • virtual reality

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