+ Performance Capture refers to the technology and processes involved in digitally recreating the movements, poses, gestures, appearance, and expressions of a human and its surroundings. + Methods to do so typically use body-worn sensors, RGB and depth cameras, and advanced Computer Vision algorithms to record the intricate details of a performer's movements. +
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++ The goal of the seminar is to familiarize students with exciting new research topics in this important area but also to teach basic scientific writing and oral presentation skills. +
+ ++ Performance Capture refers to the technology and process involved in capturing and recreating the movements, gestures, and expressions of a human and its surroundings. + It's a relevant field for various applications, including animation, virtual reality, and video games. + It involves using advanced sensors, cameras, and computer vision algorithms to record the intricate details of a performer's movements, typically focusing on their face, body, clothing, and interactions. + We will also explore the technology and applications behind high-end, multi-view capture stages, as the + Volumetric Capture Lab recently opened. +
+ ++ Papers from scientific venues such as CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, and SIGGRAPH will be examined in-depth to explore the latest research in the field. + Students present and discuss the papers to extract techniques and insights that can be applied to software & hardware projects. +
+ ++ The seminar is structured to encourage critical reading and discussion of the papers, and the attendance in the weekly meetings is mandatory. + We use a case-study format where all students read the same paper each week but fulfill different roles and hence prepare with different viewpoints in mind ( "presenter", "PhD", and “Journalist”). + The final deliverables include: +
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