# pkhungurn/talking-head-anime-2-demo

Demo programs for the Talking Head Anime from a Single Image 2: More Expressive project.

Repository: https://github.com/pkhungurn/talking-head-anime-2-demo
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/talking-head-anime-2-demo
Homepage: http://pkhungurn.github.io/talking-head-anime-2/
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ai, anime, computer-graphics, computer-vision, deep-learning, machine-learning, python, pytorch, vtuber
Last push: 2022-06-29T20:26:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2010, "days_push": 1526, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1153, forks 150 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:47.424562+00:00)

## What it is
Demo programs for the Talking Head Anime from a Single Image 2 project, which animates an anime character from a single image. It includes a GUI manual poser for facial expressions and head rotation, and a puppeteer that maps iFacialMocap facial tracking to the character.

## Use cases
- animate an anime character from a single image
- puppet an vtuber avatar with iphone face tracking
- manipulate facial expressions of an anime portrait via gui
- try talking-head anime model on google colab
- drive an anime character with blend shape parameters

## When to choose
- you want to animate a single anime character image without rigging
- you have an Nvidia GPU and an iOS device with TrueDepth camera for live puppeteering
- you want a research demo or reference implementation of the model

## When to avoid
- you need a production vtubing pipeline with streaming integration
- you lack a powerful CUDA-capable GPU
- you need non-anime or 3D character animation

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: machine-learning, computer-vision, image-processing, gui
- domain: computer-vision, deep-learning, machine-learning, graphics, entertainment
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: anime, vtuber, facial-animation, pytorch, ifacialmocap, puppeteering, single-image, gpu, desktop

## Member repositories
- pkhungurn/talking-head-anime-2-demo (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:47.424562+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:33:29.274018+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pkhungurn/talking-head-anime-2-demo (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:47.424562+00:00, sha 343a234b5901)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.