Objective GOLEM will share knowledge between relevant partners in Industry and Academia in order to carry out multidisciplinary research to streamline the production pipeline for virtual (digital) characters. It will radically improve their appearance and animation, while keeping them affordable and easy to customize. A unique aspect of GOLEM is that its technological and engineering advances will be used throughout the project to carry out research in the field of presence in virtual environments, and this will, in turn, provide feedback to improve and refine the technical aspects. The technical objectives can summarized as development of a marker-less facial capture system, an automatic rigging system, an interactive facial muscle animation system, automatic lip-sync based on speech recognition and realistic dynamic, real-time skin shaders. The study of presence in virtual environments will be taken to a next level given the possibility of, for the first time, using affordable, realistic virtual humans. More precisely, the goals are to deploy and evaluate full range of facial expressions and to carry out cognitive and psychophysical evaluation of presence. These objectives span a wide range of knowledge areas (animation, render, human computer interaction, neuroscience…). GOLEM is built around a solid structure of transfer of knowledge between the partners, including secondments, networking activities, workshops and seminars. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesneurobiology Programme(s) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IAPP - Marie Curie Action: "Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways" Call for proposal FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IAPP See other projects for this call Funding Scheme MC-IAPP - Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) Coordinator UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA EU contribution € 207 017,00 Address CALLE PEDRO CERBUNA 12 50009 Zaragoza Spain See on map Region Noreste Aragón Zaragoza Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Diego Gutierrez (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all MSFT - Software para Microcomputadores, LDA Portugal EU contribution € 119 544,00 Address RUA DO FOGO DE SANTELMO LOTE 2 07 02 1990 110 LISBOA See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Cláudia Fonseca (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data WONDERTALENT LDA Portugal EU contribution € 81 043,00 Address TRAV. FUTEBOL CLUBE INFESTA 46 4465-143 S.MAMEDE INFESTA See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Joan Manuel De Vila Fernandes (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICACOES Portugal EU contribution € 198 119,00 Address CAMPUS UNIVERSITARIO DE SANTIAGO UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO 3810 193 Gloria E Vera Cruz See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Sara Cristina Moreira Correia (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA Spain EU contribution € 44 689,00 Address GRAN VIA DE LES CORTS CATALANES 585 08007 Barcelona See on map Region Este Cataluña Barcelona Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Alberch Jordi (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
