Improved realistic facial animation and its potential influance on media

Animacija danes predstavlja nepogrešljivo orodje v produkciji filmov, televizijskih oddaj ali serij in računalniških iger ter aplikacij. Vedno večjim potrebam sledijo znatna vlaganja v razvoj tehnologije, ki danes omogoča doseganje visoke stopnje realizma. V kontekstu lažnih novic se posledično postavlja vprašanje o možnostih zlorabe take tehnološko napredne animacije. V tem diplomskem delu zato ugotavljamo, kako ljudje prepoznavajo realistične animacije obraza in kakšen potencialni vpliv bi lahko slednje imele na medije. V uvodnem delu predstavimo trenutno najnaprednejše tehnike animacije obraza, na osnovi katerih smo izvedli študijo zmožnosti prepoznave animacije. Rezultati ankete so pokazali, katere so dobre prakse pri izvedbi tovrstnih animacij in kakšne izboljšave lahko v prihodnosti potencialno vplivajo tudi na medije.Animation today is an indispensable tool in film production, television shows or series, computer games and applications. Increasing needs are followed by substantial investments in the development of technology which makes it possible to achieve high levels of realism. In the context of fake news, the question arises as to the possibility of malicious use of such technologically advanced animation. In this thesis, we thus explore how people recognize realistic facial animations and what potential impact they might have on the media. Firstly, we describe the most advanced facial animation techniques, based on which we conducted a study of animation recognition ability. The results have shown which are the good practices in the implementation of such animations and which improvements can potentially affect the media in the future