Disney Enterprises, Inc.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Eth Zurich (eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich)

Hengchin Yeh

Robert Walker Sumner

Thabo D Beeler

Iain Matthews

Moshe Benjamin Mahler

Jose Rafael Tena

Cydni Tetro

John-Thomas C Ngo

Zhimin Ren

Ming Chieh Lin

Techniques are disclosed for creating digital assets that can be used to personalize themed products. For example, a workflow and pipeline used to generate a 3D model from digital images of a person's face and to manufacture a personalized, physical figurine customized with the 3D model are disclosed. The 3D model of the person's face may be simplified to match a topology of a desired figurine. While the topology is deformed to match that of the figurine, the 3D model retains the geometry of the child's face. Simplifying the topology of the 3D model in this manner allows the mesh to be integrated with or attached to a mesh representing desired figurine.

Techniques for processing reconstructed three-dimensional image data

The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for synthesizing sounds using estimated material parameters. According to one aspect, a method for sound synthesis using estimated material parameters is provided. The method includes at a computing platform including a memory and a processor, estimating, by the processor and based on a recorded audio sample of an impact on a physical object, one or more material parameters of a physical object for use in synthesizing a sound associated with a virtual object having material properties similar to the physical object. The method further includes storing the one or more material parameters in memory. The method further includes using the estimated material parameters to generate a synthesize sound for the virtual object.

Methods, systems, and computer readable media for synthesizing sounds using estimated material parameters

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Hengchin Yeh