EmojiHeroVR: A Study on Facial Expression Recognition Under Partial Occlusion from Head-Mounted Displays

• Published in: International Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction and workshops pp. 80 - 88
• Main Authors: Ortmann, Thorben, Wang, Qi, Putzar, Larissa
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 15.09.2024
• Subjects: affective game; Emotion recognition; Face recognition; facial expressions; Games; Head-mounted displays; Medical treatment; Reliability; Resists; Solid modeling; Virtual reality

Emotion recognition promotes the evaluation and enhancement of Virtual Reality (VR) experiences by providing emotional feedback and enabling advanced personalization. However, facial expressions are rarely used to recognize users' emotions, as Head-Mounted Displays (HMDs) occlude the upper half...