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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 have recently seen great progress in 3D scene reconstruction through explicit point-based 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS), notable for its high quality and fast rendering speed. However, reconstructing dynamic scenes such as complex human…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-10 Chao Zhang , Yifeng Zhou , Shuheng Wang , Wenfa Li , Degang Wang , Yi Xu , Shaohui Jiao

3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) achieves high-fidelity rendering with fast real-time performance, but existing methods rely on offline training after full Structure-from-Motion (SfM) processing. In contrast, this work introduces Gaussian…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-31 Yiwei Xu , Yifei Yu , Wentian Gan , Tengfei Wang , Zongqian Zhan , Hao Cheng , Xin Wang

Dynamic 3D scene reconstruction is essential for immersive media such as VR, MR, and XR, yet remains challenging for long multi-view sequences with large-scale motion. Existing dynamic Gaussian approaches are either Frame-Stream, offering…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Jie Liang , Jiahao Wu , Chao Wang , Jiayu Yang , Xiaoyun Zheng , Kaiqiang Xiong , Zhanke Wang , Jinbo Yan , Feng Gao , Ronggang Wang

Cloud rendering is widely used in gaming and XR to overcome limited client-side GPU resources and to support heterogeneous devices. Existing systems typically deliver the rendered scene as a 2D video stream, which tightly couples the…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-06 Matti Siekkinen , Teemu Kämäräinen

The ability to animate photo-realistic head avatars reconstructed from monocular portrait video sequences represents a crucial step in bridging the gap between the virtual and real worlds. Recent advancements in head avatar techniques,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-08 Yufan Chen , Lizhen Wang , Qijing Li , Hongjiang Xiao , Shengping Zhang , Hongxun Yao , Yebin Liu

Surgical simulation is essential for medical training, enabling practitioners to develop crucial skills in a risk-free environment while improving patient safety and surgical outcomes. However, conventional methods for building simulation…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Zhenya Yang

Recently, the 3D Gaussian splatting (3DGS) technique for real-time radiance field rendering has revolutionized the field of volumetric scene representation, providing users with an immersive experience. But in return, it also poses a large…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-11 Zhiye Tang , Qiudan Zhang , Lei Zhang , Junhui Hou , You Yang , Xu Wang

Recent advancements in 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) have unlocked significant potential for modeling 3D head avatars, providing greater flexibility than mesh-based methods and more efficient rendering compared to NeRF-based approaches.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-11-07 Peizhi Yan , Rabab Ward , Qiang Tang , Shan Du

Portrait animation has witnessed tremendous quality improvements thanks to recent advances in video diffusion models. However, these 2D methods often compromise 3D consistency and speed, limiting their applicability in real-world scenarios,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Kaiwen Jiang , Xueting Li , Seonwook Park , Ravi Ramamoorthi , Shalini De Mello , Koki Nagano

We introduce GaussianSwap, a novel video face swapping framework that constructs a 3D Gaussian Splatting based face avatar from a target video while transferring identity from a source image to the avatar. Conventional video swapping…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-12 Xuan Cheng , Jiahao Rao , Chengyang Li , Wenhao Wang , Weilin Chen , Lvqing Yang

We propose selective-training Gaussian head avatars (STGA) to enhance the details of dynamic head Gaussian. The dynamic head Gaussian model is trained based on the FLAME parameterized model. Each Gaussian splat is embedded within the FLAME…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-03-10 Hanzhi Guo , Yixiao Chen , Dongye Xiaonuo , Zeyu Tian , Dongdong Weng , Le Luo

Recent advancements in 3D reconstruction from single images have been driven by the evolution of generative models. Prominent among these are methods based on Score Distillation Sampling (SDS) and the adaptation of diffusion models in the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-20 Zi-Xin Zou , Zhipeng Yu , Yuan-Chen Guo , Yangguang Li , Ding Liang , Yan-Pei Cao , Song-Hai Zhang

Our goal is to efficiently learn personalized animatable 3D head avatars from videos that are geometrically accurate, realistic, relightable, and compatible with current rendering systems. While 3D meshes enable efficient processing and are…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-30 Shrisha Bharadwaj , Yufeng Zheng , Otmar Hilliges , Michael J. Black , Victoria Fernandez-Abrevaya

3D Gaussian Splatting (3D-GS) is a recent 3D scene reconstruction technique that enables real-time rendering of novel views by modeling scenes as parametric point clouds of differentiable 3D Gaussians. However, its rendering speed and model…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Alex Hanson , Allen Tu , Geng Lin , Vasu Singla , Matthias Zwicker , Tom Goldstein

Building 3D animatable head avatars from a single image is an important yet challenging problem. Existing methods generally collapse under large camera pose variations, compromising the realism of 3D avatars. In this work, we propose a new…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Shuling Zhao , Dan Xu

We propose FlashAvatar, a novel and lightweight 3D animatable avatar representation that could reconstruct a digital avatar from a short monocular video sequence in minutes and render high-fidelity photo-realistic images at 300FPS on a…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-04-01 Jun Xiang , Xuan Gao , Yudong Guo , Juyong Zhang

We introduce ELITE, an Efficient Gaussian head avatar synthesis from a monocular video via Learned Initialization and TEst-time generative adaptation. Prior works rely either on a 3D data prior or a 2D generative prior to compensate for…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-16 Kim Youwang , Lee Hyoseok , Subin Park , Gerard Pons-Moll , Tae-Hyun Oh

Creating photorealistic 3D head avatars from limited input has become increasingly important for applications in virtual reality, telepresence, and digital entertainment. While recent advances like neural rendering and 3D Gaussian splatting…

Graphics · Computer Science 2026-03-12 Chen Guo , Zhuo Su , Liao Wang , Jian Wang , Shuang Li , Xu Chang , Zhaohu Li , Yang Zhao , Guidong Wang , Yebin Liu , Ruqi Huang

The Metaverse through VR headsets is a rapidly growing concept, but the high cost of entry currently limits access for many users. This project aims to provide an accessible entry point to the immersive Metaverse experience by leveraging…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-04-05 Joseph Chang