3D Facial

3D facial research focuses on creating realistic and expressive three-dimensional models of faces, primarily for applications in animation, virtual reality, and human-computer interaction. Current research emphasizes developing sophisticated models, often employing diffusion models, transformer networks, and graph neural networks, to generate highly realistic facial animations driven by audio or text descriptions, and to accurately reconstruct 3D facial geometry from images or videos, including nuanced expressions and emotional subtleties. These advancements are significantly improving the realism and expressiveness of digital avatars and virtual characters, with implications for fields ranging from entertainment to healthcare.