System and method for creating a full head 3D morphable model

A system for generating a full head three-dimensional (3D) morphable model from a two-dimensional (2D) image for use in one of an augmented reality (AR), a virtual reality (VR) and a mixed reality (MR) medium, the system comprising:

• an image capturing unit to capture the 2D image of an object;
• an identification module to identify feature points as a collection of principal regions on a face portion of the 2D image, wherein the identification module is configured to correct the principal regions of the 2D image by re-sizing the feature points to obtain scaled principal regions;
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• a 3D reconstruction engine module to generate the full head 3D morphable model by mapping the feature points of the scaled principal regions with feature points of principal regions of predefined trained 3D mesh models stored in one or more databases to select one or more predefined 3D mesh models from the predefined trained 3D mesh models, wherein each selected 3D mesh model includes at least one principal region equivalent to a corresponding scaled principal region of the 2D image,
• wherein the predefined trained 3D mesh models are full head 3D mesh models, and wherein each full head 3D mesh model includes mesh vertices and a number of mesh vertices in each 3D mesh model is in the range from about 15000 points to 45000 points, and preferably 15000 points.