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We introduce GaussianAvatars, a new method to create photorealistic head avatars that are fully controllable in terms of expression, pose, and viewpoint. The core idea is a dynamic 3D representation based on 3D Gaussian splats that are…

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Reconstructing 3D clothed human avatars from single images is a challenging task, especially when encountering complex poses and loose clothing. Current methods exhibit limitations in performance, largely attributable to their dependence on…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-10-24 Zechuan Zhang , Li Sun , Zongxin Yang , Ling Chen , Yi Yang

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

Achieving high-fidelity 3D reconstruction from monocular video remains challenging due to the inherent limitations of traditional methods like Structure-from-Motion (SfM) and monocular SLAM in accurately capturing scene details. While…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-04-15 Yue Hu , Rong Liu , Meida Chen , Peter Beerel , Andrew Feng

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

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

The ability to create realistic, animatable and relightable head avatars from casual video sequences would open up wide ranging applications in communication and entertainment. Current methods either build on explicit 3D morphable meshes…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-03-01 Yufeng Zheng , Wang Yifan , Gordon Wetzstein , Michael J. Black , Otmar Hilliges

Head avatar reconstruction, crucial for applications in virtual reality, online meetings, gaming, and film industries, has garnered substantial attention within the computer vision community. The fundamental objective of this field is to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-01-19 Xuangeng Chu , Yu Li , Ailing Zeng , Tianyu Yang , Lijian Lin , Yunfei Liu , Tatsuya Harada

Reconstructing high-fidelity, animatable 3D head avatars from effortlessly captured monocular videos is a pivotal yet formidable challenge. Although significant progress has been made in rendering performance and manipulation capabilities,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-03-24 Jiawei Zhang , Zijian Wu , Zhiyang Liang , Yicheng Gong , Dongfang Hu , Yao Yao , Xun Cao , Hao Zhu

Avatar reconstruction has traditionally relied on per-subject optimization that requires hours of computation or on expensive preprocessing that limits scalability. We introduce FFAvatar, a generalizable feed-forward framework that…

Graphics · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Thuan Hoang Nguyen , Jiahao Luo , Yinyu Nie , Hao Li , Gordon Guocheng Qian , Jian Wang

We introduce FlexAvatar, a method for creating high-quality and complete 3D head avatars from a single image. A core challenge lies in the limited availability of multi-view data and the tendency of monocular training to yield incomplete 3D…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Tobias Kirschstein , Simon Giebenhain , Matthias Nießner

Traditionally, creating photo-realistic 3D head avatars requires a studio-level multi-view capture setup and expensive optimization during test-time, limiting the use of digital human doubles to the VFX industry or offline renderings. To…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Tobias Kirschstein , Javier Romero , Artem Sevastopolsky , Matthias Nießner , Shunsuke Saito

Realistic 3D full-body talking avatars hold great potential in AR, with applications ranging from e-commerce live streaming to holographic communication. Despite advances in 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) for lifelike avatar creation,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-07-24 Jianchuan Chen , Jingchuan Hu , Gaige Wang , Zhonghua Jiang , Tiansong Zhou , Zhiwen Chen , Chengfei Lv

Reconstructing dynamic humans together with static scenes from monocular videos remains difficult, especially under fast motion, where RGB frames suffer from motion blur. Event cameras exhibit distinct advantages, e.g., microsecond temporal…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-24 Xiaoting Yin , Hao Shi , Kailun Yang , Jiajun Zhai , Shangwei Guo , Lin Wang , Kaiwei Wang

Despite much progress, achieving real-time high-fidelity head avatar animation is still difficult and existing methods have to trade-off between speed and quality. 3DMM based methods often fail to model non-facial structures such as…

Graphics · Computer Science 2024-06-25 Zhongyuan Zhao , Zhenyu Bao , Qing Li , Guoping Qiu , Kanglin Liu

Photorealistic avatars have become essential for immersive applications in virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), enabling lifelike interactions in areas such as training simulations, telemedicine, and virtual collaboration. These…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-04-18 Rendong Zhang , Alexandra Watkins , Nilanjan Sarkar

The efficient reconstruction of high-quality and intuitively editable human avatars presents a pressing challenge in the field of computer vision. Recent advancements, such as 3DGS, have demonstrated impressive reconstruction efficiency and…

Graphics · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Mengtian Li , Shengxiang Yao , Yichen Pan , Haiyao Xiao , Zhongmei Li , Zhifeng Xie , Keyu Chen

Creating high-fidelity 3D human head avatars is crucial for applications in VR/AR, digital human, and film production. Recent advances have leveraged morphable face models to generate animated head avatars from easily accessible data,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-24 Yuelang Xu , Zhaoqi Su , Qingyao Wu , Yebin Liu

3D Gaussian Splatting (GS) enables highly photorealistic scene reconstruction from posed image sequences but struggles with viewpoint extrapolation due to its anisotropic nature, leading to overfitting and poor generalization, particularly…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Shuohan Tao , Boyao Zhou , Hanzhang Tu , Yuwang Wang , Yebin Liu

We propose HeadsUp, a scalable feed-forward method for reconstructing high-quality 3D Gaussian heads from large-scale multi-camera setups. Our method employs an efficient encoder-decoder architecture that compresses input views into a…