Gender disparity and the creepy hill in face replacement videos

Abstract

The study investigates the gender disparity in video face replacement perception. This is inspired by the prevalent face replacement techniques being utilised in the film making industry as well as the existence of gender disparity in various aspects of human life. A user study was conducted which contained quality rating task of face replacement videos. Results show that there is a significant difference in face replacement perception for females compared to males, with females demonstrating different patterns in viewing face replacement videos to males. These results have implication for face replacement in advertising, the film industry, and for extremely high compression rate video conferencing.