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We propose a method to build in real-time animated 3D head models using a consumer-grade RGB-D camera. Our proposed method is the first one to provide simultaneously comprehensive facial motion tracking and a detailed 3D model of the user's…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-04-23 Diego Thomas

Constructing drivable and photorealistic 3D head avatars has become a central task in AR/XR, enabling immersive and expressive user experiences. With the emergence of high-fidelity and efficient representations such as 3D Gaussians, recent…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-12-25 Jaeseong Lee , Junyeong Ahn , Taewoong Kang , Jaegul Choo

Learning 3D head priors from large 2D image collections is an important step towards high-quality 3D-aware human modeling. A core requirement is an efficient architecture that scales well to large-scale datasets and large image resolutions.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-25 Tobias Kirschstein , Simon Giebenhain , Jiapeng Tang , Markos Georgopoulos , Matthias Nießner

We introduce a highly robust GAN-based framework for digitizing a normalized 3D avatar of a person from a single unconstrained photo. While the input image can be of a smiling person or taken in extreme lighting conditions, our method can…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-06-23 Huiwen Luo , Koki Nagano , Han-Wei Kung , Mclean Goldwhite , Qingguo Xu , Zejian Wang , Lingyu Wei , Liwen Hu , Hao Li

Most current audio-driven facial animation research primarily focuses on generating videos with neutral emotions. While some studies have addressed the generation of facial videos driven by emotional audio, efficiently generating…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-22 Chuhang Ma , Shuai Tan , Ye Pan , Jiaolong Yang , Xin Tong

We present FastAvatar, a fast and robust algorithm for single-image 3D face reconstruction using 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS). Given a single input image from an arbitrary pose, FastAvatar recovers a high-quality, full-head 3DGS avatar in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-27 Hao Liang , Zhixuan Ge , Soumendu Majee , Ashish Tiwari , G. M. Dilshan Godaliyadda , Ashok Veeraraghavan , Guha Balakrishnan

We introduce AvatarPointillist, a novel framework for generating dynamic 4D Gaussian avatars from a single portrait image. At the core of our method is a decoder-only Transformer that autoregressively generates a point cloud for 3D Gaussian…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Hongyu Liu , Xuan Wang , Zijian Wu , Yating Wang , Ziyu Wan , Yue Ma , Runtao Liu , Boyao Zhou , Yujun Shen , Qifeng Chen

We present a method that reconstructs and animates a 3D head avatar from a single-view portrait image. Existing methods either involve time-consuming optimization for a specific person with multiple images, or they struggle to synthesize…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-16 Xueting Li , Shalini De Mello , Sifei Liu , Koki Nagano , Umar Iqbal , Jan Kautz

Creating high-fidelity, animatable 3D talking heads is crucial for immersive applications, yet often hindered by the prevalence of low-quality image or video sources, which yield poor 3D reconstructions. In this paper, we introduce…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-09 Ding-Jiun Huang , Yuanhao Wang , Shao-Ji Yuan , Albert Mosella-Montoro , Francisco Vicente Carrasco , Cheng Zhang , Fernando De la Torre

Avatar modelling has broad applications in human animation and virtual try-ons. Recent advancements in this field have focused on high-quality and comprehensive human reconstruction but often overlook the separation of clothing from the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-18 Jingxuan Chen

With the development of virtualization and AI, real-time facial avatar animation is widely used in entertainment, office, business and other fields. Against this background, blendshapes have become a common industry animation solution…

Graphics · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Shuxian Li , Tianyue Wang , Chris Twombly

Existing 3D head avatar reconstruction methods adopt a two-stage process, relying on tracked FLAME meshes derived from facial landmarks, followed by Gaussian-based rendering. However, misalignment between the estimated mesh and target…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Yujian Liu , Linlang Cao , Chuang Chen , Fanyu Geng , Dongxu Shen , Peng Cao , Shidang Xu , Xiaoli Liu

We present a novel approach for generating animatable 3D-aware art avatars from a single image, with controllable facial expressions, head poses, and shoulder movements. Unlike previous reenactment methods, our approach utilizes a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-27 Shaoxu Li

High-quality, animatable 3D human avatar reconstruction from monocular videos offers significant potential for reducing reliance on complex hardware, making it highly practical for applications in game development, augmented reality, and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-05-02 Xia Yuan , Hai Yuan , Wenyi Ge , Ying Fu , Xi Wu , Guanyu Xing

Recently, implicit neural representation has been widely used to generate animatable human avatars. However, the materials and geometry of those representations are coupled in the neural network and hard to edit, which hinders their…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-05-21 Qifeng Chen , Rengan Xie , Kai Huang , Qi Wang , Wenting Zheng , Rong Li , Yuchi Huo

3D Gaussian Splatting represents a breakthrough in the field of novel view synthesis. It establishes Gaussians as core rendering primitives for highly accurate real-world environment reconstruction. Recent advances have drastically…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-06-25 Jonathan Haberl , Philipp Fleck , Clemens Arth

We introduce GoMAvatar, a novel approach for real-time, memory-efficient, high-quality animatable human modeling. GoMAvatar takes as input a single monocular video to create a digital avatar capable of re-articulation in new poses and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-12 Jing Wen , Xiaoming Zhao , Zhongzheng Ren , Alexander G. Schwing , Shenlong Wang

We present LiftAvatar, a new paradigm that completes sparse monocular observations in kinematic space (e.g., facial expressions and head pose) and uses the completed signals to drive high-fidelity avatar animation. LiftAvatar is a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Hualiang Wei , Shunran Jia , Jialun Liu , Wenhui Li

In this paper, we explore a reconstruction and reenactment separated framework for 3D Gaussians head, which requires only a single portrait image as input to generate controllable avatar. Specifically, we developed a large-scale one-shot…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-18 Zhiling Ye , Cong Zhou , Xiubao Zhang , Haifeng Shen , Weihong Deng , Quan Lu

The problem of modeling an animatable 3D human head avatar under light-weight setups is of significant importance but has not been well solved. Existing 3D representations either perform well in the realism of portrait images synthesis or…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-02 Xiaochen Zhao , Lizhen Wang , Jingxiang Sun , Hongwen Zhang , Jinli Suo , Yebin Liu