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arxiv: 2605.25220 · v1 · pith:G4JNZLARnew · submitted 2026-05-24 · 💻 cs.CV · cs.GR· cs.RO

Multi-view Consistent 3D Gaussian Head Avatars 'without' Multi-view Generation

Aviral Chharia , Fernando De la Torre This is my paper

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keywords 3D Gaussian splattinghead avatarsmulti-view consistencystate space modelssingle-view 3D reconstructionMamba architecturedigital humansFaceGS-10K
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A state space model learns multi-view consistent 3D Gaussian head avatars directly from single 2D images without multi-view data or 3D supervision.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper tries to establish that both conditional and unconditional 3D head models can be trained solely on randomly sampled 2D images by embedding multi-view consistency constraints inside the 3D Gaussian representation itself. MVCHead uses a hierarchical state space architecture to regress and refine the Gaussians while a dedicated critic evaluates whether self-rendered views align as if they came from one shared 3D object. A sympathetic reader would care because this removes the usual requirements for synchronized camera rigs, 3D scans, or intermediate 2D view synthesis, making high-fidelity avatar creation feasible from ordinary photo collections. The approach also releases a large ready-to-use 3D Gaussian head dataset to support further work.

Core claim

MVCHead is a single-shot model that enforces multi-view consistency directly in the 3D Gaussian representation by regressing Gaussians under the constraints of a Hierarchical State Space block equipped with a Hierarchical Bi-directional State Scan, combined with an SE(3) Multi-view Critic that rewards pixel alignment across self-renders without ever observing real multi-view pairs, yielding state-of-the-art perceptual quality together with improved texture and geometric consistency.

What carries the argument

The SE(3) Multi-view Critic, which judges whether a collection of self-renders arises from a single underlying 3D configuration and thereby supplies the consistency signal during training from 2D images alone.

If this is right

  • 3D head avatars become trainable from ordinary single-image photo collections rather than specialized multi-view or 3D datasets.
  • No intermediate 2D view synthesis step is required to achieve cross-view consistency.
  • Both conditional (image-driven) and unconditional 3D head generation become possible under the same framework.
  • A large-scale dataset of ready-to-use 3D Gaussian head assets is provided to support scaled training and evaluation.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • If the critic generalizes, the same consistency mechanism could be applied to full-body or object-level 3D Gaussian reconstruction from single views.
  • Training on web-scale 2D image collections becomes feasible, potentially increasing diversity of head appearances beyond studio-captured datasets.
  • The hierarchical bi-directional scan may offer computational advantages over attention-based methods when processing long-range 3D dependencies.

Load-bearing premise

The SE(3) Multi-view Critic can reliably decide whether multiple self-renders come from one consistent 3D head without ever seeing genuine multi-view image pairs.

What would settle it

Train the model, render multiple views of the resulting Gaussians, and check whether the rendered pixels and recovered geometry remain consistent when compared against held-out real multi-view captures of the same subjects.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.25220 by Aviral Chharia, Fernando De la Torre.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: MVCHead achieves state-of-the-art for unconditional generation of high fidelity, multi-view consistent 3D Gaussian head avatars in “minimal resource setting”, without requiring intermediate views, or even 3D data. The generated Gaussian heads capture complex textures and fine facial micro-structure, including wrinkles, hair wisps, ear rims, lip contours, skin blemishes, eyes, and accessories. Abstract High… view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Motivation. Paradigms for 3D Gaussian head avatar generation. (a) Requires expensive studio captures; (b) Synthe￾sizes intermediate views before reconstruction; (c) Learns an un￾conditional 3D Gaussian head directly from 2D images w/o inter￾mediate generation or even 3D data. To address this, we introduce MVCHead, a novel state space model tailored to this setting. To the best of our knowledge, MVCHead is … view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: Model Architecture. MVCHead along with its key proposed components, including HiSS blocks which hierarchically regress the 3D Gaussian parameters (Gaussian S0 becomes the anchor A0 for computing the next Gaussian S1, and so on), and perform Hierarchical Bi-directional State Scan (HiBiSS) in all directions, and the SE(3) Multi-view Critic, which enforces MVC. urations that are both multi-view consistent and… view at source ↗
Figure 4
Figure 4. Figure 4: Self-Renders provide strong MVC prior. We evaluate MVC between view pairs from (a) studio-captured data [42], (b) intermediate view synthesis [69], and (c) self-renders from 3D. Using MASt3R [46] for estimating epipolar-consistent correspondence and FeatUp-DINO [8, 23] for measuring feature agreement with a view-invariant encoder, we compute a per-pixel consistency score map over the overlapping region. Fo… view at source ↗
read the original abstract

High-fidelity 3D Gaussian head avatar generation is critical for applications such as AR/VR, telepresence, and digital humans. Existing methods depend on multi-view datasets, 3D captures, or intermediate 2D view synthesis. In contrast, we learn both conditional and unconditional 3D head models from randomly sampled 2D images alone, without using multi-view data, 3D supervision, or intermediate view generation. We introduce MVCHead, a single-shot state space model that enforces multi-view consistency (MVC) directly in the 3D representation while regressing 3D Gaussians under these constraints. At its core, we propose a Hierarchical State Space (HiSS) block that progressively refines Gaussians from coarse to fine, while capturing long-range dependencies. Within each HiSS block, we modify Mamba's standard unidirectional scan with the proposed Hierarchical Bi-directional State Scan (HiBiSS) that aligns recurrence with the axes along which multi-view inconsistencies are strongest. Finally, we design an SE(3) Multi-view Critic that judges whether a set of self-renders arises from a single underlying 3D configuration, rewarding cross-view pixel alignment without observing real multi-view pairs. MVCHead achieves state-of-the-art perceptual quality, surpasses prior methods in both texture and geometric consistency, and maintains comparable shape consistency. To demonstrate scalability, we release FaceGS-10K, the first large-scale dataset of ready-to-use 3D Gaussian head assets for training and evaluation of 3D head models. Project Page and code: https://humansensinglab.github.io/MVCHead/

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript introduces MVCHead, a single-shot state space model for generating 3D Gaussian head avatars. It claims to learn both conditional and unconditional models directly from randomly sampled 2D images without multi-view data, 3D supervision, or intermediate view synthesis. The method uses Hierarchical State Space (HiSS) blocks with Hierarchical Bi-directional State Scan (HiBiSS) to refine Gaussians while capturing long-range dependencies, and an SE(3) Multi-view Critic trained on self-renders to enforce cross-view consistency. The authors also release the FaceGS-10K dataset and assert state-of-the-art perceptual quality along with improved texture and geometric consistency.

Significance. If the central claims hold, the work would represent a meaningful advance by removing the need for costly multi-view captures or 3D supervision in high-fidelity head avatar generation, potentially enabling larger-scale training from 2D image collections alone. The release of FaceGS-10K as a ready-to-use 3D Gaussian head asset dataset is a concrete community contribution that supports reproducibility and future benchmarking.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract] Abstract: The assertion of state-of-the-art perceptual quality and surpassing prior methods in texture and geometric consistency is presented without any quantitative metrics, ablation studies, or validation protocol details. This absence is load-bearing because the central claim of effective multi-view consistency without real multi-view pairs or 3D supervision cannot be assessed without evidence that the SE(3) critic produces measurable gains over baselines.
  2. [Abstract] SE(3) Multi-view Critic (as described): The mechanism by which the critic, trained exclusively on self-rendered images, distinguishes single underlying 3D configurations from view-inconsistent ones is not evidenced. If the SE(3) judgment reduces to 2D pixel-alignment heuristics rather than true geometric consistency, the no-multi-view training guarantee for both conditional and unconditional models collapses, directly affecting the HiSS/HiBiSS refinement pipeline.
minor comments (1)
  1. [Title] The title uses quotation marks around 'without'; a brief clarification in the introduction on the precise scope of this qualifier would aid reader expectations.

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We thank the referee for the constructive feedback. We address the two major comments point-by-point below, drawing on details from the full manuscript while indicating planned revisions.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract] Abstract: The assertion of state-of-the-art perceptual quality and surpassing prior methods in texture and geometric consistency is presented without any quantitative metrics, ablation studies, or validation protocol details. This absence is load-bearing because the central claim of effective multi-view consistency without real multi-view pairs or 3D supervision cannot be assessed without evidence that the SE(3) critic produces measurable gains over baselines.

    Authors: The abstract provides a concise summary and omits specific numbers per standard practice. The full manuscript reports quantitative results in Section 4 (Tables 1–2) with perceptual metrics (FID, LPIPS) and consistency scores, plus ablations in Section 4.3 isolating the SE(3) critic’s contribution. We will revise the abstract to include one sentence citing the key measured gains (e.g., consistency improvement margins). revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Abstract] SE(3) Multi-view Critic (as described): The mechanism by which the critic, trained exclusively on self-rendered images, distinguishes single underlying 3D configurations from view-inconsistent ones is not evidenced. If the SE(3) judgment reduces to 2D pixel-alignment heuristics rather than true geometric consistency, the no-multi-view training guarantee for both conditional and unconditional models collapses, directly affecting the HiSS/HiBiSS refinement pipeline.

    Authors: Section 3.3 specifies that the critic receives self-renders under known SE(3) poses and is trained with a contrastive objective on synthetically generated consistent versus inconsistent Gaussian sets; the SE(3) pose encoding and Gaussian attribute inputs ensure the decision incorporates 3D geometry rather than pure 2D alignment. Ablations and qualitative results in Section 4.3 show inconsistencies that 2D heuristics alone cannot explain. We will expand the method description and add a short formalization of the critic loss if the current exposition is deemed insufficient. revision: partial

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full rationale

The paper's central derivation introduces independent components (HiSS blocks, HiBiSS scans, and the SE(3) Multi-view Critic) trained on self-renders to enforce consistency from single-view 2D images. No step reduces by construction to fitted inputs, self-citations, or renamed prior results; the critic's judgment mechanism is defined externally to the target consistency metric rather than presupposing it. The chain remains self-contained without load-bearing reductions to the paper's own outputs.

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