# A Survey on 3D Egocentric Human Pose Estimation arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.17893 ยท HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2403.17893/ ## Key facts - Cited by 8 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). - Builds on 57 of its 84 references that are in the map. - First posted on arXiv 26 Mar 2024. ## Builds on (most cited first, 30 of 57) - [Expressive Body Capture: 3D Hands, Face, and Body from a Single Image](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1904.05866/) (2019) - [Deep High-Resolution Representation Learning for Human Pose Estimation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1902.09212/) (2019) - [AMASS: Archive of Motion Capture as Surface Shapes](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1904.03278/) (2019) - [OpenPose: Realtime Multi-Person 2D Pose Estimation using Part Affinity Fields](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1812.08008/) (2018) - [Scene Representation Networks: Continuous 3D-Structure-Aware Neural Scene Representations](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1906.01618/) (2019) - [Keep it SMPL: Automatic Estimation of 3D Human Pose and Shape from a Single Image](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1607.08128/) (2016) - [DensePose: Dense Human Pose Estimation In The Wild](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1802.00434/) (2018) - [Monocular 3D Human Pose Estimation In The Wild Using Improved CNN Supervision](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1611.09813/) (2016) - [Ego-Exo4D: Understanding Skilled Human Activity from First- and Third-Person Perspectives](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2311.18259/) (2023) - [A simple yet effective baseline for 3d human pose estimation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1705.03098/) (2017) - [Learning from Synthetic Humans](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1701.01370/) (2017) - [DeepPose: Human Pose Estimation via Deep Neural Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1312.4659/) (2013) - [ARCH: Animatable Reconstruction of Clothed Humans](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2004.04572/) (2020) - [Deferred Neural Rendering: Image Synthesis using Neural Textures](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1904.12356/) (2019) - [PaMIR: Parametric Model-Conditioned Implicit Representation for Image-based Human Reconstruction](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2007.03858/) (2020) - [Deep Learning-Based Human Pose Estimation: A Survey](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2012.13392/) (2020) - [Long-term Human Motion Prediction with Scene Context](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2007.03672/) (2020) - [EgoBody: Human Body Shape and Motion of Interacting People from Head-Mounted Devices](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2112.07642/) (2021) - [Human POSEitioning System (HPS): 3D Human Pose Estimation and Self-localization in Large Scenes from Body-Mounted Sensors](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2103.17265/) (2021) - [Compositional Human Pose Regression](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1704.00159/) (2017) - [AvatarPoser: Articulated Full-Body Pose Tracking from Sparse Motion Sensing](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2207.13784/) (2022) - [Ordinal Depth Supervision for 3D Human Pose Estimation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1805.04095/) (2018) - [Avatars Grow Legs: Generating Smooth Human Motion from Sparse Tracking Inputs with Diffusion Model](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2304.08577/) (2023) - [Recovering 3D Human Mesh from Monocular Images: A Survey](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2203.01923/) (2022) - [Dynamics-Regulated Kinematic Policy for Egocentric Pose Estimation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2106.05969/) (2021) - [Ego-Exo: Transferring Visual Representations from Third-person to First-person Videos](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2104.07905/) (2021) - [DoubleFusion: Real-time Capture of Human Performances with Inner Body Shapes from a Single Depth Sensor](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1804.06023/) (2018) - [Ego-Body Pose Estimation via Ego-Head Pose Estimation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2212.04636/) (2022) - [Towards Accurate Markerless Human Shape and Pose Estimation over Time](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1707.07548/) (2017) - [Ego-Pose Estimation and Forecasting as Real-Time PD Control](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1906.03173/) (2019) ## Built on by (most cited first, 8 of 8) - [Challenges and Trends in Egocentric Vision: A Survey](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2503.15275/) (2025) - [Event-based Egocentric Human Pose Estimation in Dynamic Environment](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2505.22007/) (2025) - [Egocentric Visibility-Aware Human Pose Estimation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2602.23618/) (2026) - [3D Human Pose and Shape Estimation from LiDAR Point Clouds: A Review](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2509.12197/) (2025) - [A Topology-Aware Graph Convolutional Network for Human Pose Similarity and Action Quality Assessment](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2511.01194/) (2025) - [EgoPoseVR: Spatiotemporal Multi-Modal Reasoning for Egocentric Full-Body Pose in Virtual Reality](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2602.05590/) (2026) - [AG-EgoPose: Spatially Anchored Residual Correction with Action Context for Monocular Egocentric 3D Pose Estimation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2603.25175/) (2026) - [TSR-Ego: Temporally Guided Stereo Refinement Framework for Egocentric 3D Human Pose Estimation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2607.09169/) (2026) ## Abstract (arXiv) Egocentric human pose estimation aims to estimate human body poses and develop body representations from a first-person camera perspective. It has gained vast popularity in recent years because of its wide range of applications in sectors like XR-technologies, human-computer interaction, and fitness tracking. However, to the best of our knowledge, there is no systematic literature review based on the proposed solutions regarding egocentric 3D human pose estimation. To that end, the aim of this survey paper is to provide an extensive overview of the current state of egocentric pose estimation research. In this paper, we categorize and discuss the popular datasets and the different pose estimation models, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of different methods by comparative analysis. This survey can be a valuable resource for both researchers and practitioners in the field, offering insights into key concepts and cutting-edge solutions in egocentric pose estimation, its wide-ranging applications, as well as the open problems with future scope.