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Controllability, generalizability and efficiency are the major objectives of constructing face avatars represented by neural implicit field. However, existing methods have not managed to accommodate the three requirements simultaneously.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-28 Zhiyuan Ma , Xiangyu Zhu , Guojun Qi , Zhen Lei , Lei Zhang

We introduce a novel representation for efficient classical rendering of photorealistic 3D face avatars. Leveraging recent advances in radiance fields anchored to parametric face models, our approach achieves controllable volumetric…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Safa C. Medin , Gengyan Li , Ziqian Bai , Ruofei Du , Leonhard Helminger , Yinda Zhang , Stephan J. Garbin , Philip L. Davidson , Gregory W. Wornell , Thabo Beeler , Abhimitra Meka

Current text-to-avatar methods often rely on implicit representations (e.g., NeRF, SDF, and DMTet), leading to 3D content that artists cannot easily edit and animate in graphics software. This paper introduces a novel framework for…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-05-01 Duotun Wang , Hengyu Meng , Zeyu Cai , Zhijing Shao , Qianxi Liu , Lin Wang , Mingming Fan , Xiaohang Zhan , Zeyu Wang

We propose a method for generating video-realistic animations of real humans under user control. In contrast to conventional human character rendering, we do not require the availability of a production-quality photo-realistic 3D model of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-05-13 Lingjie Liu , Weipeng Xu , Michael Zollhoefer , Hyeongwoo Kim , Florian Bernard , Marc Habermann , Wenping Wang , Christian Theobalt

Neural volume rendering enables photo-realistic renderings of a human performer in free-view, a critical task in immersive VR/AR applications. But the practice is severely limited by high computational costs in the rendering process. To…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-06 Yue Chen , Xuan Wang , Xingyu Chen , Qi Zhang , Xiaoyu Li , Yu Guo , Jue Wang , Fei Wang

This paper presents a new technique for the virtual reality (VR) visu-alization of complex volume images obtained from computer tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) by combining three-dimensional (3D) mesh processing and…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2023-05-02 Iva Vasic , Roberto Pierdicca , Emanuele Frontoni , Bata Vasic

In this paper, we present a novel method that facilitates the creation of vivid 3D Gaussian avatars from monocular video inputs (GVA). Our innovation lies in addressing the intricate challenges of delivering high-fidelity human body…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-20 Xinqi Liu , Chenming Wu , Jialun Liu , Xing Liu , Jinbo Wu , Chen Zhao , Haocheng Feng , Errui Ding , Jingdong Wang

Rigging and skinning clothed human avatars is a challenging task and traditionally requires a lot of manual work and expertise. Recent methods addressing it either generalize across different characters or focus on capturing the dynamics of…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-07-04 Zhouyingcheng Liao , Vladislav Golyanik , Marc Habermann , Christian Theobalt

Lightweight creation of 3D digital avatars is a highly desirable but challenging task. With only sparse videos of a person under unknown illumination, we propose a method to create relightable and animatable neural avatars, which can be…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-21 Wenbin Lin , Chengwei Zheng , Jun-Hai Yong , Feng Xu

We propose Neural Actor (NA), a new method for high-quality synthesis of humans from arbitrary viewpoints and under arbitrary controllable poses. Our method is built upon recent neural scene representation and rendering works which learn…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-01-05 Lingjie Liu , Marc Habermann , Viktor Rudnev , Kripasindhu Sarkar , Jiatao Gu , Christian Theobalt

We present dynamic neural radiance fields for modeling the appearance and dynamics of a human face. Digitally modeling and reconstructing a talking human is a key building-block for a variety of applications. Especially, for telepresence…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-12-08 Guy Gafni , Justus Thies , Michael Zollhöfer , Matthias Nießner

VR telepresence consists of interacting with another human in a virtual space represented by an avatar. Today most avatars are cartoon-like, but soon the technology will allow video-realistic ones. This paper aims in this direction and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-08-28 Hang Chu , Shugao Ma , Fernando De la Torre , Sanja Fidler , Yaser Sheikh

Realistic animatable human avatars from monocular videos are crucial for advancing human-robot interaction and enhancing immersive virtual experiences. While recent research on 3DGS-based human avatars has made progress, it still struggles…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Guangan Jiang , Tianzi Zhang , Dong Li , Zhenjun Zhao , Haoang Li , Mingrui Li , Hongyu Wang

The recent increase in popularity of volumetric representations for scene reconstruction and novel view synthesis has put renewed focus on animating volumetric content at high visual quality and in real-time. While implicit deformation…

Creating a controllable and relightable digital avatar from multi-view video with fixed illumination is a very challenging problem since humans are highly articulated, creating pose-dependent appearance effects, and skin as well as clothing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-29 Diogo Luvizon , Vladislav Golyanik , Adam Kortylewski , Marc Habermann , Christian Theobalt

There is a growing demand for the accessible creation of high-quality 3D avatars that are animatable and customizable. Although 3D morphable models provide intuitive control for editing and animation, and robustness for single-view face…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-05-05 Connor Z. Lin , Koki Nagano , Jan Kautz , Eric R. Chan , Umar Iqbal , Leonidas Guibas , Gordon Wetzstein , Sameh Khamis

Modeling animatable human avatars from RGB videos is a long-standing and challenging problem. Recent works usually adopt MLP-based neural radiance fields (NeRF) to represent 3D humans, but it remains difficult for pure MLPs to regress…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Zhe Li , Yipengjing Sun , Zerong Zheng , Lizhen Wang , Shengping Zhang , Yebin Liu

While there has been significant progress in the field of 3D avatar creation from visual observations, modeling physically plausible dynamics of humans with loose garments remains a challenging problem. Although a few existing works address…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-10-03 Changmin Lee , Jihyun Lee , Tae-Kyun Kim

Learning an animatable and clothed human avatar model with vivid dynamics and photorealistic appearance from multi-view videos is an important foundational research problem in computer graphics and vision. Fueled by recent advances in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-07 Heming Zhu , Guoxing Sun , Christian Theobalt , Marc Habermann

Digital human avatars aim to simulate the dynamic appearance of humans in virtual environments, enabling immersive experiences across gaming, film, virtual reality, and more. However, the conventional process for creating and animating…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-10-15 Felix Taubner , Ruihang Zhang , Mathieu Tuli , Sherwin Bahmani , David B. Lindell