System and method for animating an avatar in a virtual world

Abstract

A system and method for animating an avatar in a virtual world comprising an image processor arranged to process a stream of images capturing an active user to obtain an activity data set arranged to track the activity of the user; an avatar spatial processor arranged to process the activity data set to determine a plurality of motion tracking points arranged to track the user's activity over a three-dimensional space; a facial expression detection engine arranged to process the activity data set to detect one or more facial expressions of the user; and, an avatar animation engine arranged to animate the avatar in the virtual world with the plurality of motion tracking points and the detected one or more facial expressions so as to mirror the actions and facial expressions of the active user.

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