BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Linklings LLC BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Tokyo X-LIC-LOCATION:Asia/Tokyo BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0900 TZOFFSETTO:+0900 TZNAME:JST DTSTART:18871231T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20250110T023312Z LOCATION:Hall B5 (1)\, B Block\, Level 5 DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20241206T092300 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Tokyo:20241206T093400 UID:siggraphasia_SIGGRAPH Asia 2024_sess139_papers_204@linklings.com SUMMARY:GroomCap: High-Fidelity Prior-Free Hair Capture DESCRIPTION:Technical Papers\n\nYuxiao Zhou (ETH Zürich); Menglei Chai, Da oye Wang, Sebastian Winberg, Erroll Wood, and Kripasindhu Sarkar (Google I nc.); Markus Gross (ETH Zürich); and Thabo Beeler (Google Inc.)\n\nDespite recent advances in multi-view hair reconstruction, achieving strand-level precision remains a significant challenge due to inherent limitations in existing capture pipelines. We introduce GroomCap, a novel multi-view hair capture method that reconstructs faithful and high-fidelity hair geometry without relying on external data priors. To address the limitations of co nventional reconstruction algorithms, we propose a neural implicit represe ntation for hair volume that encodes high-resolution 3D orientation and oc cupancy from input views. This implicit hair volume is trained with a new volumetric 3D orientation rendering algorithm, coupled with 2D orientation distribution supervision, to effectively prevent the loss of structural i nformation caused by undesired orientation blending. We further propose a Gaussian-based hair optimization strategy to refine the traced hair strand s with a novel chained Gaussian representation, utilizing direct photometr ic supervision from images. Our results demonstrate that GroomCap is able to capture high-quality hair geometries that are not only more precise and detailed than existing methods but also versatile enough for a range of a pplications.\n\nRegistration Category: Full Access, Full Access Supporter\ n\nLanguage Format: English Language\n\nSession Chair: Kui Wu (LightSpeed Studios) URL:https://asia.siggraph.org/2024/program/?id=papers_204&sess=sess139 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR