eprintid: 10120191 rev_number: 16 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/12/01/91 datestamp: 2021-02-08 16:33:27 lastmod: 2021-10-11 22:37:26 status_changed: 2021-02-08 16:33:27 type: proceedings_section metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Gonzalez-Franco, M creators_name: Egan, Z creators_name: Peachey, M creators_name: Antley, A creators_name: Randhavane, T creators_name: Panda, P creators_name: Zhang, Y creators_name: Wang, CY creators_name: Reilly, DF creators_name: Peck, TC creators_name: Won, AS creators_name: Steed, A creators_name: Ofek, E title: MoveBox: Democratizing MoCap for the Microsoft Rocketbox Avatar Library ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F48 keywords: Avatars, Animation, Motion Capture, MoCap, Rigging, Depth Cameras, Lip Sync note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. abstract: This paper presents MoveBox an open sourced toolbox for animating motion captured (MoCap) movements onto the Microsoft Rocketbox library of avatars. Motion capture is performed using a single depth sensor, such as Azure Kinect or Windows Kinect V2. Motion capture is performed in real-time using a single depth sensor, such as Azure Kinect or Windows Kinect V2, or extracted from existing RGB videos offline leveraging deep-learning computer vision techniques. Our toolbox enables real-time animation of the user’s avatar by converting the transformations between systems that have different joints and hierarchies. Additional features of the toolbox include recording, playback and looping animations, as well as basic audio lip sync, blinking and resizing of avatars as well as finger and hand animations. Our main contribution is both in the creation of this open source tool as well as the validation on different devices and discussion of MoveBox’s capabilities by end users. date: 2021 date_type: published publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) official_url: https://doi.org/10.1109/AIVR50618.2020.00026 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1844117 doi: 10.1109/AIVR50618.2020.00026 isbn_13: 978-1-7281-7463-1 lyricists_name: Steed, Anthony lyricists_id: ASTEE91 actors_name: Steed, Anthony actors_id: ASTEE91 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Proceedings - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality, AIVR 2020 place_of_pub: Utrecht, Netherlands pagerange: 91-98 event_title: 2020 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR) institution: 2020 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR) book_title: Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR) citation: Gonzalez-Franco, M; Egan, Z; Peachey, M; Antley, A; Randhavane, T; Panda, P; Zhang, Y; ... Ofek, E; + view all <#> Gonzalez-Franco, M; Egan, Z; Peachey, M; Antley, A; Randhavane, T; Panda, P; Zhang, Y; Wang, CY; Reilly, DF; Peck, TC; Won, AS; Steed, A; Ofek, E; - view fewer <#> (2021) MoveBox: Democratizing MoCap for the Microsoft Rocketbox Avatar Library. In: Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality (AIVR). (pp. pp. 91-98). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE): Utrecht, Netherlands. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10120191/1/MoveBox-Democratizing-MoCap-for-the-Microsoft-Rocketbox-Avatar-Library.pdf