AI PanoHead: 360° Full-Head 3D Synthesis

PanoHead, an AI model developed by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and ByteDance Inc., is designed to synthesize and reconstruct 3D representations of the human head from various angles. Unlike existing 3D generative adversarial networks (GANs) which are limited to near-frontal views or struggle to maintain 3D consistency at large view angles, PanoHead is capable of generating high-quality, view-consistent images of full heads in 360°. It uses a novel two-stage self-adaptive image alignment for robust 3D GAN training, and a tri-grid neural volume representation to effectively address feature entanglement. The AI can reconstruct full 3D heads from single input images, making it ideal for creating personalized, realistic 3D avatars.