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Generating co-speech gestures in real time requires both temporal coherence and efficient sampling. We introduce a novel framework for streaming gesture generation that extends Rolling Diffusion models with structured progressive noise…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Evgeniia Vu , Andrei Boiarov , Dmitry Vetrov

Generating 3D human gestures and speech from a text script is critical for creating realistic talking avatars. One solution is to leverage separate pipelines for text-to-speech (TTS) and speech-to-gesture (STG), but this approach suffers…

Multimedia · Computer Science 2024-09-26 Zixin Guo , Jian Zhang

Talking face generation has historically struggled to produce head movements and natural facial expressions without guidance from additional reference videos. Recent developments in diffusion-based generative models allow for more realistic…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-08-01 Michał Stypułkowski , Konstantinos Vougioukas , Sen He , Maciej Zięba , Stavros Petridis , Maja Pantic

Two major approaches exist for creating animatable human avatars. The first, a 3D-based approach, optimizes a NeRF- or 3DGS-based avatar from videos of a single person, achieving personalization through a disentangled identity…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-14 Geonhee Sim , Gyeongsik Moon

Automatic gesture synthesis from speech is a topic that has attracted researchers for applications in remote communication, video games and Metaverse. Learning the mapping between speech and 3D full-body gestures is difficult due to the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-12 Kunkun Pang , Dafei Qin , Yingruo Fan , Julian Habekost , Takaaki Shiratori , Junichi Yamagishi , Taku Komura

Generating realistic human motions that naturally respond to both spoken language and physical objects is crucial for interactive digital experiences. Current methods, however, address speech-driven gestures or object interactions…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Sreehari Rajan , Kunal Bhosikar , Charu Sharma

Generating realistic conversational gestures are essential for achieving natural, socially engaging interactions with digital humans. However, existing methods typically map a single audio stream to a single speaker's motion, without…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Yichen Peng , Jyun-Ting Song , Siyeol Jung , Ruofan Liu , Haiyang Liu , Xuangeng Chu , Ruicong Liu , Erwin Wu , Hideki Koike , Kris Kitani

Gestures that accompany speech are an essential part of natural and efficient embodied human communication. The automatic generation of such co-speech gestures is a long-standing problem in computer animation and is considered an enabling…

Graphics · Computer Science 2023-04-11 Simbarashe Nyatsanga , Taras Kucherenko , Chaitanya Ahuja , Gustav Eje Henter , Michael Neff

This paper presents a novel framework for automatic speech-driven gesture generation, applicable to human-agent interaction including both virtual agents and robots. Specifically, we extend recent deep-learning-based, data-driven methods…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-06-12 Taras Kucherenko , Dai Hasegawa , Gustav Eje Henter , Naoshi Kaneko , Hedvig Kjellström

In this paper, we propose a novel audio-driven talking head method capable of simultaneously generating highly expressive facial expressions and hand gestures. Unlike existing methods that focus on generating full-body or half-body poses,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Linrui Tian , Siqi Hu , Qi Wang , Bang Zhang , Liefeng Bo

We propose a real-time system for synthesizing gestures directly from speech. Our data-driven approach is based on Generative Adversarial Neural Networks to model the speech-gesture relationship. We utilize the large amount of speaker video…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-08-08 Manuel Rebol , Christian Gütl , Krzysztof Pietroszek

This paper focuses on enhancing human-agent communication by integrating spatial context into virtual agents' non-verbal behaviors, specifically gestures. Recent advances in co-speech gesture generation have primarily utilized data-driven…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-08-09 Anna Deichler , Simon Alexanderson , Jonas Beskow

Due to their significance in human communication, the automatic generation of co-speech gestures in artificial embodied agents has received a lot of attention. Although modern deep learning approaches can generate realistic-looking…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-07-20 Hendric Voß , Stefan Kopp

Audio-driven human gesture synthesis is a crucial task with broad applications in virtual avatars, human-computer interaction, and creative content generation. Despite notable progress, existing methods often produce gestures that are…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Xukun Zhou , Fengxin Li , Ming Chen , Yan Zhou , Pengfei Wan , Di Zhang , Yeying Jin , Zhaoxin Fan , Hongyan Liu , Jun He

Diffusion models have recently advanced photorealistic human synthesis, although practical talking-head generation (THG) remains constrained by high inference latency, temporal instability such as flicker and identity drift, and imperfect…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-09 Soumya Mazumdar , Vineet Kumar Rakesh

Creating a realistic animatable avatar from a single static portrait remains challenging. Existing approaches often struggle to capture subtle facial expressions, the associated global body movements, and the dynamic background. To address…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Mengchao Wang , Qiang Wang , Fan Jiang , Yaqi Fan , Yunpeng Zhang , Yonggang Qi , Kun Zhao , Mu Xu

Creating human avatars is a highly desirable yet challenging task. Recent advancements in radiance field rendering have achieved unprecedented photorealism and real-time performance for personalized dynamic human avatars. However, these…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Dongliang Cao , Guoxing Sun , Marc Habermann , Florian Bernard

Co-speech gesture generation is to synthesize a gesture sequence that not only looks real but also matches with the input speech audio. Our method generates the movements of a complete upper body, including arms, hands, and the head.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-11-30 Shenhan Qian , Zhi Tu , Yihao Zhi , Wen Liu , Shenghua Gao

Text-driven human motion generation in computer vision is both significant and challenging. However, current methods are limited to producing either deterministic or imprecise motion sequences, failing to effectively control the temporal…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-09-13 Yin Wang , Zhiying Leng , Frederick W. B. Li , Shun-Cheng Wu , Xiaohui Liang

Talking head generation creates lifelike avatars from static portraits for virtual communication and content creation. However, current models do not yet convey the feeling of truly interactive communication, often generating one-way…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-05 Taekyung Ki , Sangwon Jang , Jaehyeong Jo , Jaehong Yoon , Sung Ju Hwang