Facebook Technologies, LLC

Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC

Timothy Naylor

William Arthur Hugh Steptoe

Michael Andrew Howard

Melinda Ozel

Giovanni F Nakpil

The disclosed computer-implemented method may include identifying a set of action units (AUs) associated with a face of a user. Each AU may be associated with a muscle group engaged by the user to produce a viseme associated with a sound produced by the user. The method may also include, for each AU in the set of AUs, determining a set of AU parameters associated with the AU and the viseme. The set of AU parameters may include (1) an onset curve, and (2) a falloff curve. The method may also include (1) detecting that the user has produced the sound, and (2) directing a computer-generated avatar to produce the viseme in accordance with the set of AU parameters in response to detecting that the user is producing the sound. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Systems and methods for improving animation of computer-generated avatars

The disclosed computer-implemented method may include identifying a muscle group engaged by a user to execute a predefined body action by (1) capturing a set of images of the user while the user executes the predefined body action, and (2) associating a feature of a body of the user with the muscle group based on the predefined body action and the set of images. The method may also include determining, based on the set of images, a set of parameters associated with the user, the muscle group, and the predefined body action. The method may also include directing a computer-generated avatar that represents the body of the user to produce the predefined body action in accordance with the set of parameters. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

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