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DAD-3DHeads: A Large-scale Dense, Accurate and Diverse Dataset for 3D Head Alignment from a Single Image

arXiv 2204.03688 ↗First posted 7 Apr 2022cs.CV cs.AIcited by 31

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Abstract (arXiv)

We present DAD-3DHeads, a dense and diverse large-scale dataset, and a robust model for 3D Dense Head Alignment in the wild. It contains annotations of over 3.5K landmarks that accurately represent 3D head shape compared to the ground-truth scans. The data-driven model, DAD-3DNet, trained on our dataset, learns shape, expression, and pose parameters, and performs 3D reconstruction of a FLAME mesh. The model also incorporates a landmark prediction branch to take advantage of rich supervision and co-training of multiple related tasks. Experimentally, DAD-3DNet outperforms or is comparable to the state-of-the-art models in (i) 3D Head Pose Estimation on AFLW2000-3D and BIWI, (ii) 3D Face Shape Reconstruction on NoW and Feng, and (iii) 3D Dense Head Alignment and 3D Landmarks Estimation on DAD-3DHeads dataset. Finally, the diversity of DAD-3DHeads in camera angles, facial expressions, and occlusions enables a benchmark to study in-the-wild generalization and robustness to distribution shifts. The dataset webpage is https://p.farm/research/dad-3dheads.

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  12. 2023DirectMHP: Direct 2D Multi-Person Head Pose Estimation with Full-range Anglescited by 6
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  7. 2024FaceLift: Semi-supervised 3D Facial Landmark Localizationcited by 2
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  17. 2026Profile-Specific 3DMM Regression from a Single Lateral Face Imagecited by 0
  18. 2026Bengal-HP_RU: A Dataset of Bengal People For Head Pose Estimationcited by 0
  19. 2026Coordinate Singularities Break Conformal Coverage for Gaze and Head Posecited by 0