# PHAF-Personalized Hand Avatars in a Flash

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.03420 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2606.03420/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 21 of its 48 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 2 Jun 2026.

## Builds on (most cited first, 21 of 21)

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- [DART: Articulated Hand Model with Diverse Accessories and Rich Textures](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2210.07650/) (2022)
- [UniTEX: Universal High Fidelity Generative Texturing for 3D Shapes](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2505.23253/) (2025)
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- [Authentic Hand Avatar from a Phone Scan via Universal Hand Model](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2405.07933/) (2024)
- [HandOcc: NeRF-based Hand Rendering with Occupancy Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2505.02079/) (2025)
- [Masked Face Inpainting Through Residual Attention UNet](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2209.08850/) (2022)

## Abstract (arXiv)

We present PHAF-Personalized Hand Avatars in a Flash, a personalized photo-realistic hand avatar which provides high quality multi-view renders from just two images (dorsal and palmar views).Unlike slow optimization-based techniques, PHAF generates fast personalized textures for real-time deployment on edge devices. Our approach combines semantic guided mesh alignment and densified texture extraction to transfer high-frequency details efficiently. A view-based inpainting network refines textures ensuring smooth, continuous appearance. PHAF generalizes to novel viewpoints and leverages a parametric hand model for accurate articulations, making it compatible with standard graphics engines. Experiments show it is comparable to existing methods in visual fidelity while drastically reducing texture generation time by 30 times, enabling practical AR/VR applications.