MHR: Momentum Human Rig

How to read this

Category

Method: a parametric human body model and rig

Contributions

• MHR (Momentum Human Rig), a parametric body model combining the decoupled skeleton/shape paradigm of ATLAS with a flexible modern rig and pose-corrective system.
• Support for expressive, anatomically plausible animation including non-linear pose correctives, inspired by the Momentum library.
• A design intended for robust integration in AR/VR and graphics pipelines.

Context

Continues the parametric body-model lineage from SMPL, decoupling skeleton from shape (after ATLAS) and adding a modern rig with non-linear correctives.Builds on: SMPL: A Skinned Multi-Person Linear Model

Correctness

The abstract states design goals (expressive, anatomically plausible, robustly integrable) more than measured results, so a reader should look to the full paper for quantitative validation and treat the anatomical-plausibility framing as a stated aim pending evidence.

Clarity

Abstract is terse; a first pass gives the positioning, but the formulation requires the full paper given the short summary.

How to read it

Read for how the skeleton/shape decoupling and pose correctives differ from SMPL; a second pass into the full paper is needed for the rig math and any evaluation.