System and method for simulating realistic clothing

1. A method comprising:

generating, via a processor, a clothing deformation model for a clothing type, the clothing deformation model factoring:

a pose-dependent clothing shape variation which is induced by underlying body pose parameters, wherein a pose-dependent clothing deformation model comprises a learned model based on a pose training set having one or more human bodies wearing the clothing type in various poses;

a pose-independent clothing shape variation which is induced by clothing size and underlying body shape parameters, wherein a pose-independent clothing deformation model comprises a learned model based on a shape training set having human bodies with different shapes wearing the clothing type in a same pose as each other; and

a clothing shape variation comprising a combination of the pose-dependent clothing shape variation and the pose-independent clothing shape variation; and

generating, via the processor, for an input human body, a custom-shaped garment associated with the clothing type by mapping, via the clothing deformation model, body shape parameters of the input human body to clothing shape parameters of the clothing type; and

automatically, via the processor, dressing the input human body with the custom-shaped garment.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pose-dependent clothing shape variation is comprised of non-rigid deformations and combined using a combining method with rigid rotation of cloth pieces.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the input human body is automatically dressed with clothing learned from simulated clothing data.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the input human body comprises a parameterized model of a human body with known shape and pose parameters.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the clothing deformation model automatically adapts to new bodies.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pose-dependent clothing shape variation is composed of rigid rotations combined with learned deformations.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein automatically dressing the input human body comprises simulating realistic clothing on the input human body without manual intervention.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the clothing deformation model allows realistic clothing to be simulated on a plurality of characters or bodies and in any pose.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the clothing type comprises at least one of a T-shirt, a long-sleeved shirt, a skirt, a sweater, a coat, a jacket, an undershirt, shorts, or long pants.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein automatically dressing the input human body comprises warping the custom-shaped garment to lay entirely outside the input human body.

11. The method of claim 5 , wherein warping the custom-shaped garment comprises minimizing a measure of cloth-body interpenetration with respect to vertices associated with the custom-shaped garment.

12. The method of claim 6 , wherein warping the custom-shaped garment further comprises regularizing the custom-shaped garment to make the custom-shaped garment deform plausibly.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

based on the clothing deformation model, generating custom-shaped garments for a plurality of bodies having a plurality of shapes and poses; and

automatically dressing the plurality of bodies with the custom-shaped garments.

14. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

generating a clothing deformation model for a clothing type, the clothing deformation model factoring:

a pose-dependent clothing shape variation which is induced by underlying body pose parameters, wherein a pose-dependent clothing deformation model comprises a learned model based on a pose training set having one or more human bodies wearing the clothing type in various poses;

a pose-independent clothing shape variation which is induced by clothing size and underlying body shape parameters, wherein a pose-independent clothing deformation model comprises a learned model based on a shape training set having human bodies with different shapes wearing the clothing type in a same pose as each other; and

a clothing shape variation comprising a combination of the pose-dependent clothing shape variation and the pose-independent clothing shape variation;

generating, for an input human body, a custom-shaped garment associated with the clothing type by mapping, via the clothing deformation model, body shape parameters of the input human body to clothing shape parameters of the clothing type; and

automatically dressing the input human body with the custom-shaped garment.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

generating a clothing deformation model for a clothing type, the clothing deformation model factoring:

a pose-dependent clothing shape variation which is induced by underlying body pose parameters, wherein a pose-dependent clothing deformation model comprises a learned model based on a pose training set having one or more human bodies wearing the clothing type in various poses;

a pose-independent clothing shape variation which is induced by clothing size and underlying body shape parameters, wherein a pose-independent clothing deformation model comprises a learned model based on a shape training set having human bodies with different shapes wearing the clothing type in a same pose as each other; and

a clothing shape variation comprising a combination of the pose-dependent clothing shape variation and the pose-independent clothing shape variation;

generating, for an input human body, a custom-shaped garment associated with the clothing type by mapping, via the clothing deformation model, body shape parameters of the input human body to clothing shape parameters of the clothing type; and

automatically dressing the input human body with the custom-shaped garment.