TexAvatars: When UV Maps Learn to Respect Geometry
Opening — Why this matters now Photorealistic digital humans have quietly become infrastructure. Telepresence, XR collaboration, virtual production, and real‑time avatars all demand faces that are not just pretty, but stable under abuse: extreme expressions, wild head poses, and cross‑identity reenactment. The industry’s dirty secret is that many state‑of‑the‑art avatars look convincing—until you ask them to smile too hard. ...