Expressive Gaussian Human Avatars from Monocular RGB Video

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Autori principali: Hu, Hezhen, Fan, Zhiwen, Wu, Tianhao, Xi, Yihan, Lee, Seoyoung, Pavlakos, Georgios, Wang, Zhangyang
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author Hu, Hezhen
Fan, Zhiwen
Wu, Tianhao
Xi, Yihan
Lee, Seoyoung
Pavlakos, Georgios
Wang, Zhangyang
author_facet Hu, Hezhen
Fan, Zhiwen
Wu, Tianhao
Xi, Yihan
Lee, Seoyoung
Pavlakos, Georgios
Wang, Zhangyang
contents Nuanced expressiveness, particularly through fine-grained hand and facial expressions, is pivotal for enhancing the realism and vitality of digital human representations. In this work, we focus on investigating the expressiveness of human avatars when learned from monocular RGB video; a setting that introduces new challenges in capturing and animating fine-grained details. To this end, we introduce EVA, a drivable human model that meticulously sculpts fine details based on 3D Gaussians and SMPL-X, an expressive parametric human model. Focused on enhancing expressiveness, our work makes three key contributions. First, we highlight the critical importance of aligning the SMPL-X model with RGB frames for effective avatar learning. Recognizing the limitations of current SMPL-X prediction methods for in-the-wild videos, we introduce a plug-and-play module that significantly ameliorates misalignment issues. Second, we propose a context-aware adaptive density control strategy, which is adaptively adjusting the gradient thresholds to accommodate the varied granularity across body parts. Last but not least, we develop a feedback mechanism that predicts per-pixel confidence to better guide the learning of 3D Gaussians. Extensive experiments on two benchmarks demonstrate the superiority of our framework both quantitatively and qualitatively, especially on the fine-grained hand and facial details. See the project website at \url{https://evahuman.github.io}
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spellingShingle Expressive Gaussian Human Avatars from Monocular RGB Video
Hu, Hezhen
Fan, Zhiwen
Wu, Tianhao
Xi, Yihan
Lee, Seoyoung
Pavlakos, Georgios
Wang, Zhangyang
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Nuanced expressiveness, particularly through fine-grained hand and facial expressions, is pivotal for enhancing the realism and vitality of digital human representations. In this work, we focus on investigating the expressiveness of human avatars when learned from monocular RGB video; a setting that introduces new challenges in capturing and animating fine-grained details. To this end, we introduce EVA, a drivable human model that meticulously sculpts fine details based on 3D Gaussians and SMPL-X, an expressive parametric human model. Focused on enhancing expressiveness, our work makes three key contributions. First, we highlight the critical importance of aligning the SMPL-X model with RGB frames for effective avatar learning. Recognizing the limitations of current SMPL-X prediction methods for in-the-wild videos, we introduce a plug-and-play module that significantly ameliorates misalignment issues. Second, we propose a context-aware adaptive density control strategy, which is adaptively adjusting the gradient thresholds to accommodate the varied granularity across body parts. Last but not least, we develop a feedback mechanism that predicts per-pixel confidence to better guide the learning of 3D Gaussians. Extensive experiments on two benchmarks demonstrate the superiority of our framework both quantitatively and qualitatively, especially on the fine-grained hand and facial details. See the project website at \url{https://evahuman.github.io}
title Expressive Gaussian Human Avatars from Monocular RGB Video
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.03204