Advanced automatic rig creation processes

A method for animating a reconstructed head mesh, the method comprising:

• using artificial intelligence to;
• automatically detect one or more features of received user input for a face, the automatic detection comprising automatically determining a plurality of spatial coordinates for the face, each spatial coordinate of the plurality of spatial coordinates for the face being associated with one of the one or more features of the received user input for the face, the plurality of spatial coordinates for the face being determined using ray casting techniques;
• automatically deform a template geometry based on one of image-based target points utilizing the one or more detected features, descriptor-based target points, and artificial intelligence based on a machine learning algorithm to automatically generate a custom geometry;
• automatically transfer a texture of the received user input to custom geometry;
• automatically deform a template control structure based on the one or more detected features to automatically generate a custom control structure;
• automatically generate an animatable object having the custom geometry, the transferred texture, and the custom control structure;
• and
• generate three-dimensional trajectories of mesh points to simulate a facial deformation.