International Journal of Computer Games Technology
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 462315, 13 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/462315
Research Article

Perceptually Valid Facial Expressions for Character-Based Applications

1School of Information Technology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada
2School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University, Surrey, BC, V3T 0A3, Canada
3Department of Psychology, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6, Canada

Received 2 October 2008; Revised 18 December 2008; Accepted 14 January 2009

Academic Editor: Soraia Musse

Copyright © 2009 Ali Arya et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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