{"id":94075,"date":"2017-09-28T13:49:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T13:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=94075"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:46:24","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:46:24","slug":"now-you-can-create-a-3d-model-of-your-own-face-in-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/now-you-can-create-a-3d-model-of-your-own-face-in-seconds\/","title":{"rendered":"Now You Can Create a 3D Model of Your Own Face in Seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve got to love stuff like this. <strong>Scientists have developed an AI-based system that can\u00a0take any photograph of a face and create a 3D model of it in seconds.<\/strong> Researchers at the University of Nottingham and Kingston University came up with the idea, which they describe as:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTraining a big neural network on 80,000 faces to directly learn to output the 3D facial geometry from a single 2D image&#8230;\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The technology could be used to <strong>recognize emotions<\/strong> as well as for <strong>facial recognition technology.<\/strong>\u00a0The team at the University of Nottingham believe it could have <strong>all sorts of other uses too<\/strong>. Imagine being able to easily put your own face onto video game characters or try on that hat you were thinking of buying online.<\/p>\n<p>As well as the practical applications of this technology that developers could come up with in the future, there is also the <strong>novelty value<\/strong>. If you go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.nott.ac.uk\/~psxasj\/3dme\/index.php\">here<\/a> you can upload your own face or even that of your favorite celebrities. The technology can work well, but it <strong>is less accurate if the picture isn\u2019t clear<\/strong>. Also, it <strong>wasn\u2019t able to recognize cartoons or non-human faces,<\/strong> so 3D models of Yoda or Bart Simpson are out. Face paint and makeup were a real challenge too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Our Softonic Solutions community is talking about <a href=\"https:\/\/solutions.softonic.com\/what-are-the-best-3d-modeling-software-for-free\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the best 3D modelling software for free<\/a>. <strong>Join the conversation now!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anyway, take a look at the examples we\u2019ve come up with and see what you think. One of our editors, Dani, kindly volunteered to have his face 3D modeled as long as I put him alongside some of his favorite Jedi and his favorite WWE wrestler.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94076\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/09\/Dani-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/09\/Dani-2.jpg 334w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/09\/Dani-2-274x300.jpg 274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94082\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/09\/Dani-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"348\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/09\/Dani-1.jpg 348w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/09\/Dani-1-300x293.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94077\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/09\/Dani-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/09\/Dani-3.jpg 235w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/09\/Dani-3-183x300.jpg 183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94080\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/09\/OBI-WAN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/09\/OBI-WAN.jpg 293w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/09\/OBI-WAN-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94079\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/09\/OBI-WAB-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"372\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/09\/OBI-WAB-2.jpg 372w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/09\/OBI-WAB-2-300x271.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-94078 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/09\/Luke-Skywalker.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-94081\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/09\/uLTIMATE-wARRIOR.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/09\/uLTIMATE-wARRIOR.jpg 397w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2017\/09\/uLTIMATE-wARRIOR-273x300.jpg 273w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 397px) 100vw, 397px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.nott.ac.uk\/~psxasj\/3dme\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click Here<\/a> to create your own 3D models.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/tech\/news-analysis\/researchers-create-ai-based-online-app-that-converts-your-self-portraits-into-3d-selfies-4090115.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tech 2<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve got to love stuff like this. Scientists have developed an AI-based system that can\u00a0take any photograph of a face and create a 3D model of it in seconds. Researchers at the University of Nottingham and Kingston University came up with the idea, which they describe as: \u201cTraining a big neural network on 80,000 faces &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/now-you-can-create-a-3d-model-of-your-own-face-in-seconds\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Now You Can Create a 3D Model of Your Own Face in Seconds&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9073,"featured_media":94104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-94075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94075"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328546,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94075\/revisions\/328546"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94075"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=94075"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=94075"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=94075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}