MANO Visualizer

Interactive visualizer for MANO hand model parameters. Slider-based GUI to control pose, shape, and translation parameters and see their effect on the hand mesh in real time.

Based on ATAboukhadra/ManoVisualizer.

Setup

1. Download MANO model

Download the MANO model files from the official site and place them under mano_v1_2/models/.

2. Install dependencies

• required: uv (https://docs.astral.sh/uv/getting-started/installation/)

uv sync

Usage

# Full pose mode (45 joint parameters, default)
uv run python main.py

# PCA mode (e.g. 6 components)
uv run python main.py 6

Features

• Pose / Shape / Translation sliders with section separators
• Per-finger section labels in full pose mode (Index / Middle / Pinky / Ring / Thumb)
• Joint axis arrows (RGB = XYZ)
• Skeleton overlay (joints + bones)
• Vertex / Joint index display
• Grid and background toggle
• Scroll wheel zoom, drag to rotate
• Reset all parameters

References

• MANO paper: https://mano.is.tue.mpg.de/
• MANO PyTorch: https://github.com/otaheri/MANO
• MANO Visualizer: https://github.com/ATAboukhadra/ManoVisualizer