Adeyemi Ademola A.Ademola@napier.ac.uk
Research Student
NeFT-Net: N-window Extended Frequency Transformer for Rhythmic Motion Prediction
Ademola, Adeyemi; Sinclair, David; Koniaris, Babis; Hannah, Samantha; Mitchell, Kenny
Authors
David Sinclair D.Sinclair@napier.ac.uk
Research Assistant
Babis Koniaris
Samantha Hannah
Prof Kenny Mitchell K.Mitchell2@napier.ac.uk
Professor
Abstract
Advancements in prediction of human motion sequences are critical for enabling online virtual reality (VR) users to dance and move in ways that accurately mirror real-world actions, delivering a more immersive and connected experience. However, latency in networked motion tracking remains a significant challenge, disrupting engagement and necessitating predictive solutions to achieve real-time synchronization of remote motions. To address this issue, we propose a novel approach leveraging a synthetically generated dataset based on supervised foot
anchor placement timings for rhythmic motions, ensuring periodicity and reducing prediction errors. Our model integrates a discrete cosine transform (DCT) to encode motion, refine highfrequency components, and smooth motion sequences, mitigating jittery artifacts. Additionally,
we introduce a feed-forward attention mechanism designed to learn from N-window pairs of 3D key-point pose histories for precise future motion prediction. Quantitative and qualitative evaluations on the Human3.6M dataset highlight significant improvements in mean per joint position error (MPJPE) metrics, demonstrating the superiority of our technique over state-ofthe-art approaches. We further introduce novel result pose visualizations through the use of generative AI methods.
Citation
Ademola, A., Sinclair, D., Koniaris, B., Hannah, S., & Mitchell, K. (in press). NeFT-Net: N-window Extended Frequency Transformer for Rhythmic Motion Prediction. Computers and Graphics,
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 24, 2025 |
Deposit Date | Jan 15, 2025 |
Journal | Elsevier Computers and Graphics Special Issue on CGVC |
Print ISSN | 0097-8493 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/4050770 |
Publisher URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/313098/computer-graphics-visual-computing-conference-2024-special-issue |
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