Facial and Character Animation Research at UH CGIM
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The Computer Graphics and Interactive Media Lab (CGIM) (http://graphics.cs.uh.edu) at the University of Houston (UH) was founded by Dr. Zhigang Deng in October 2006. Its focused research directions include 3D Computer Graphics, computer animation, virtual human modeling and animation, human computer interaction, and medical/scientific visualization. The UH CGIM Lab is equipped with a stateof-the-art motion capture system.
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