# New FAH hand-estimation models run at 65 frames per second on a consumer GPU and estimate contact without object geometry

The Apache 2.0 models fine-tune and distill the hand branch of SAM 3D Body, predict 2D and 3D points directly, and fit MANO or MHR-Hand meshes in a separate step.

- Published: 2026-11-06T10:11:19.661Z
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A new paper, "Fast and Accurate Hand Estimation in Pixels, Interaction and World Space" by Jinkun Cao, introduces FAH, a family of hand models released under the Apache 2.0 license. The models output 2D and 3D joints and surface points. The…

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