Resume

PhD in Computer Science

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

• Thesis - Investigating Motion Perception and Physics-based Methods for Body Shape Diversity in Virtual Avatars
• Supervisor - Carol O'Sullivan
• CLIPE - MSCA ITN Project

MSc in Computer Science

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

• Specialized in VR & AR

B.Tech in Mechanical & Automation Engineering

GGSIPU, India

Postdoctoral Researcher

Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

• Evaluating empathic responses to expressive virtual humans using eye-tracking and facial-EMG.
• Developing models for full-body motion reconstruction from sparse data inputs.
• Applying LSTM and Transformer models for motion style classification and reconstruction.

Applied Science Intern

Amazon Development Center Germany GmbH, Tübingen, Germany

• Collaborated on VR based Human-Computer Interaction project, leading experiment design, data collection, and analysis for future VR applications.
• Managed data collection and analyzed motion/qualitative data, deriving insights.
• Presented two POCs at "Innovation Days" hackathons.

Research Intern

INRIA, Rennes, France

• Collaborated with the VirtUs team to explore GPU-accelerated Isaac Gym for rapid policy training and crowd generation of physics-based characters.
• Conducted research on the relationship between motion and body shape in virtual humans.
• Investigated factors influencing user perception of virtual human motion, with a focus on walking animations.

Research Intern

Max Planck Institute of Intelligent Systems, Tübingen, Germany

• Investigated the application of Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) techniques for animating physics-based virtual characters.
• Utilized the SMPL body model alongside regression-based methods to create diverse character models.
• Implemented mass effect simulation to introduce significant variations in character motion, enhancing realism and diversity.

Robotics Trainer & Developer

Entercres Labs Pvt. Ltd, Delhi, India

Robotics Engineer

Grainpad Pvt. Ltd.

Exploring the Perception of Center of Mass changes for VR Avatars

Bharat Vyas, Ludovic Hoyet and Carol O'Sullivan

ICAT-EGVE - International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence & Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments, Ireland

Best Paper Award

ShapeVerse: Physics-based Characters with Varied Body Shapes

Bharat Vyas and Carol O'Sullivan

Eurographics Poster Papers, Cyprus

Shape Shifters: Does Body Shape Change the Perception of Small-Scale Crowd Motions?

Bharat Vyas and Carol O'Sullivan

IEEEVR VHCIE Workshop, France

Feeling Blue or Seeing Red? Investigating the effect of light color, shadow and realism on the perception of emotion of real and virtual humans

Rachel McDonnell, Bharat Vyas, Uroš Sikimić and Pisut Wisessing

ACM SIGGRAPH, Canada

Emotional Intensity Through the Eyes: Gaze Behavior Toward Expressive Virtual Avatars

Bharat Vyas, Pisut Wisessing and Rachel McDonnell

ACM Symposium on Applied Perception, Canada