{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1987875999","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1667239.1667251","title":"The Digital Emily project","display_name":"The Digital Emily project","publication_year":2009,"publication_date":"2009-08-03","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1987875999","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1667239.1667251","mag":"1987875999"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/1667239.1667251","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1667239.1667251","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ACM SIGGRAPH 2009 Courses","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5009568593","display_name":"Oleg Alexander","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210087747","display_name":"Creative Technologies (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/001qkb777","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210087747"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4388482679","display_name":"USC Institute for Creative Technologies","ror":"https://ror.org/03hjhvn29","country_code":null,"type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1174212","https://openalex.org/I4388482679"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Oleg Alexander","raw_affiliation_strings":["","USC Institute for, Creative Technologies"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"USC Institute for, Creative Technologies","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210087747","https://openalex.org/I4388482679"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5026327215","display_name":"Mike Rogers","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9351-3096"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210087747","display_name":"Creative Technologies (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/001qkb777","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210087747"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4388482679","display_name":"USC Institute for Creative Technologies","ror":"https://ror.org/03hjhvn29","country_code":null,"type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1174212","https://openalex.org/I4388482679"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mike Rogers","raw_affiliation_strings":["","USC Institute for, Creative Technologies"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"USC Institute for, Creative Technologies","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210087747","https://openalex.org/I4388482679"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5011217819","display_name":"William Lambeth","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"William Lambeth","raw_affiliation_strings":[""],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5031580394","display_name":"Matt Jen\u2010Yuan Chiang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4050-8007"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4388482679","display_name":"USC Institute for Creative Technologies","ror":"https://ror.org/03hjhvn29","country_code":null,"type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1174212","https://openalex.org/I4388482679"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210087747","display_name":"Creative Technologies (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/001qkb777","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210087747"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Matt Chiang","raw_affiliation_strings":["USC Institute for Creative Technologies","USC Institute for, Creative Technologies"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"USC Institute for Creative Technologies","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210087747","https://openalex.org/I4388482679"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"USC Institute for, Creative Technologies","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210087747","https://openalex.org/I4388482679"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5047876260","display_name":"Paul Debevec","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7381-2323"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4388482679","display_name":"USC Institute for Creative Technologies","ror":"https://ror.org/03hjhvn29","country_code":null,"type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1174212","https://openalex.org/I4388482679"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210087747","display_name":"Creative Technologies (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/001qkb777","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210087747"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Paul Debevec","raw_affiliation_strings":["USC Institute for Creative Technologies","USC Institute for, Creative Technologies"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"USC Institute for Creative Technologies","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210087747","https://openalex.org/I4388482679"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"USC Institute for, Creative Technologies","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210087747","https://openalex.org/I4388482679"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5009568593"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210087747","https://openalex.org/I4388482679"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":9.5186,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":131,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.98329859,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":96,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"15"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10531","display_name":"Advanced Vision and Imaging","score":0.9983999729156494,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10531","display_name":"Advanced Vision and Imaging","score":0.9983999729156494,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1707","display_name":"Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10481","display_name":"Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques","score":0.9980999827384949,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1704","display_name":"Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10719","display_name":"3D Shape Modeling and Analysis","score":0.9965999722480774,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2206","display_name":"Computational Mechanics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rendering","display_name":"Rendering (computer graphics)","score":0.7219119071960449},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7153381705284119},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-graphics","display_name":"Computer graphics (images)","score":0.6450046300888062},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/animation","display_name":"Animation","score":0.5874555110931396},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-facial-animation","display_name":"Computer facial animation","score":0.5596301555633545},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/character-animation","display_name":"Character animation","score":0.5450778603553772},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-vision","display_name":"Computer vision","score":0.5007991790771484},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-animation","display_name":"Computer animation","score":0.4921378493309021},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.4872063994407654},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/face","display_name":"Face (sociological concept)","score":0.42025938630104065}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205711294","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176953","display_name":"Rendering (computer graphics)","level":2,"score":0.7219119071960449},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7153381705284119},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121684516","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7600677","display_name":"Computer graphics (images)","level":1,"score":0.6450046300888062},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C502989409","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11425","display_name":"Animation","level":2,"score":0.5874555110931396},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138591656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5157538","display_name":"Computer facial animation","level":4,"score":0.5596301555633545},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C90697248","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1062896","display_name":"Character animation","level":4,"score":0.5450778603553772},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31972630","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844240","display_name":"Computer vision","level":1,"score":0.5007991790771484},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C69369342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1401416","display_name":"Computer animation","level":3,"score":0.4921378493309021},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.4872063994407654},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779304628","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3503480","display_name":"Face (sociological concept)","level":2,"score":0.42025938630104065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C36289849","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34749","display_name":"Social science","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/1667239.1667251","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1667239.1667251","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ACM SIGGRAPH 2009 Courses","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320308668","display_name":"University of Southern California","ror":"https://ror.org/03taz7m60"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":30,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W65018654","https://openalex.org/W1588539311","https://openalex.org/W1930667107","https://openalex.org/W1984713107","https://openalex.org/W1996634174","https://openalex.org/W2003537776","https://openalex.org/W2009196333","https://openalex.org/W2013947191","https://openalex.org/W2028401795","https://openalex.org/W2035379092","https://openalex.org/W2037502448","https://openalex.org/W2052003031","https://openalex.org/W2100810849","https://openalex.org/W2120448006","https://openalex.org/W2127704440","https://openalex.org/W2129138273","https://openalex.org/W2131529090","https://openalex.org/W2151681048","https://openalex.org/W2167667767","https://openalex.org/W2235136907","https://openalex.org/W2296297070","https://openalex.org/W2998590421","https://openalex.org/W3114284325","https://openalex.org/W4229523108","https://openalex.org/W4231537718","https://openalex.org/W4238534971","https://openalex.org/W4285719527","https://openalex.org/W6602647839","https://openalex.org/W6788119825","https://openalex.org/W6888784425"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W1544039745","https://openalex.org/W2121378366","https://openalex.org/W2999276620","https://openalex.org/W2532377291","https://openalex.org/W2989004599","https://openalex.org/W2535923857","https://openalex.org/W1976926596","https://openalex.org/W3094080214","https://openalex.org/W2159681853","https://openalex.org/W2122474456"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"course":[1],"describes":[2],"how":[3],"high-resolution":[4,44],"face":[5,104],"scanning,":[6],"advanced":[7],"character":[8],"rigging,":[9],"and":[10,51,60,94,113,139],"performance-driven":[11],"facial":[12,39,81],"animation":[13,82,138],"were":[14,65,97,121],"combined":[15],"to":[16,54,99,123],"create":[17],"Digital":[18,144],"Emily,":[19],"a":[20,42,68,91,101],"believably":[21],"photorealistic":[22],"digital":[23,70,103],"actor.":[24],"Actress":[25],"Emily":[26,86,145],"O'Brien":[27],"was":[28,87],"scanned":[29],"in":[30,36],"the":[31,55,125,143],"USC":[32],"ICT":[33],"light":[34],"stage":[35],"35":[37],"different":[38],"poses":[40],"using":[41],"new":[43,136],"face-scanning":[45],"process":[46],"capable":[47],"of":[48,57,106],"capturing":[49],"geometry":[50],"textures":[52],"down":[53],"level":[56],"skin":[58],"pores":[59],"fine":[61],"wrinkles.":[62],"These":[63],"scans":[64],"assembled":[66],"into":[67],"rigged":[69],"character,":[71,108],"which":[72],"could":[73],"then":[74],"be":[75],"driven":[76],"by":[77],"Image":[78],"Metrics":[79],"video-based":[80],"technology.":[83],"The":[84,131],"real":[85],"captured":[88],"speaking":[89],"on":[90,127],"small":[92],"set,":[93],"her":[95,107,128],"movements":[96],"used":[98,122],"drive":[100],"complete":[102],"replacement":[105],"including":[109],"its":[110],"diffuse,":[111],"specular,":[112],"animated":[114],"displacement":[115],"maps.":[116],"HDRI":[117],"lighting":[118,126],"reconstruction":[119],"techniques":[120],"reproduce":[124],"original":[129],"performance.":[130],"most":[132],"recent":[133],"results":[134],"show":[135],"real-time":[137],"rendering":[140],"research":[141],"for":[142],"character.":[146]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":9}],"updated_date":"2026-05-06T08:25:59.206177","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}