THE VIRTUAL CALIPER: RAPID CREATION OF METRICALLY ACCURATE AVATARS FROM 3D MEASUREMENTS

摘要

The invention relates to a computer-implemented method for generating full body avatars of a user, comprising the steps: - Obtaining body measurements of the user; - Determining / deriving shape parameters of a virtual body model, based on the measurement data; - Generating an avatar, based on the shape parameters / the virtual body model; and - Outputting the avatar. The body measurements are set manually by the user or determined by a method comprising the steps of: - Obtaining sensor data using one or more electronic sensor devices; - Determining one or more body measurements of the user, based on the sensor data; - Outputting the determined body measurements. The electronic sensor device may be a 3D position-tracking device, e.g. an off-the-shelf game controller.