SAF: Local Shape-aware Face-based Garment Collision Handling via Neural SDFs

Learning-based garment prediction presents an appealing alternative to physics-based methods owing to its high efficiency. However, the predicted garments can exhibit noticeable penetrations into the body. Many collision-handling methods operate in the point domain, which has an inherent limitation in addressing the penetration issues with the mesh faces. In light of this, we propose a local Shape-Aware, Face-based collision handling approach (SAF) that can be applied to garment prediction networks to achieve real-time collision handling. Considering the nature of garments, we design a compact formulation to model the continuity of the garment surface, and utilize neural Signed Distance Fields (SDFs) to accomplish penetration resolution. Recognizing the significant impact of the body’s local shape on collision handling, we further propose using the angles between SDF gradients to characterize the sharpness of the body. Our approach can compensate for the inaccuracy of neural SDFs and preserve local smoothness and details. Extensive experiments demonstrate the outstanding performance and generalizability of our method.