Identifiers for specific facial features, for use with coefficients describing the relative movements of those features.
SDK
- iOS 11.0+
Framework
- ARKit
Overview
The blend dictionary provided by an ARFace object describes the facial expression of a detected face in terms of the movements of specific facial features. For each key in the dictionary, the corresponding value is a floating point number indicating the current position of that feature relative to its neutral configuration, ranging from 0 (neutral) to 1 (maximum movement).
ARKit provides many blend shape coefficients, resulting in a detailed model of a facial expression; however, you can use as many or as few of the coefficients as you desire to create a visual effect. For example, you might animate a simple cartoon character using only the jaw, eye, and eye coefficients. A professional 3D artist could create a detailed character model rigged for realistic animation using a larger set, or the entire set, of coefficients.