Announcing the Stirling/ESRC 3D face database.
This new database aims to provide the richest possible set of imagery of the individuals
depicted: 3D face scans, stereo images and video, many different photographs with varying
viewpoints, lighting and distances and both high and low quality video clips. There are
posed expressions, in 2D and 3D; we also have attempted to induce natural expressions,
though we are still editing those videos. We also have tools, developed by Bernie Tiddeman
at Aberystwyth, for manipulating images in both 2D and 3D. The aim is to help people make
the transition to 3D imagery and generally facilitate research, but among other things
hopefully put an end to the lamentable practice of studying 'face' recognition,
when using the same image at study and test.
A strong requirement of using the database is that if you add value to any of the images,
e.g. by cropping them, getting ratings or marking them up for morphing, you offer them
back to the database. In that way the database should grow as a resource for the
community, as we also continue to add images, including some of the same people months
later.
I'm still adding things, so there is much more to come, but there's enough to be
worth announcing.
It's hosted at the PICS database,
http://pics.stir.ac.uk; the direct link is
http://pics.stir.ac.uk/ESRC/
Hope it's useful.
Peter
Peter Hancock
Professor,
Deputy Head of Psychology,
School of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
FK9 4LA, UK
phone 01786 467675
fax 01786 467641
http://rms.stir.ac.uk/converis-stirling/person/11587
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