PALM: A Dataset and Baseline for Learning Multi-subject Hand Prior

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2511.05403v1
• Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:28:25 GMT
• Title: PALM: A Dataset and Baseline for Learning Multi-subject Hand Prior
• Authors: Zicong Fan, Edoardo Remelli, David Dimond, Fadime Sener, Liuhao Ge, Bugra Tekin, Cem Keskin, Shreyas Hampali,
• Abstract summary: We present PALM, a large-scale dataset comprising 13k high-quality hand scans from 263 subjects and 90k multi-view images.<n>Palm's scale and diversity make it a valuable real-world resource for hand modeling and related research.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: The ability to grasp objects, signal with gestures, and share emotion through touch all stem from the unique capabilities of human hands. Yet creating high-quality personalized hand avatars from images remains challenging due to complex geometry, appearance, and articulation, particularly under unconstrained lighting and limited views. Progress has also been limited by the lack of datasets that jointly provide accurate 3D geometry, high-resolution multiview imagery, and a diverse population of subjects. To address this, we present PALM, a large-scale dataset comprising 13k high-quality hand scans from 263 subjects and 90k multi-view images, capturing rich variation in skin tone, age, and geometry. To show its utility, we present a baseline PALM-Net, a multi-subject prior over hand geometry and material properties learned via physically based inverse rendering, enabling realistic, relightable single-image hand avatar personalization. PALM's scale and diversity make it a valuable real-world resource for hand modeling and related research.

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