Communicating a partial set of assets of an avatar for an augmented reality communication session

Abstract

An example device for communicating augmented reality (AR) media data includes: a memory configured to store an avatar and selected assets for the avatar of a participant in an AR communication session; and a processing system implemented in circuitry and configured to: receive an avatar representation format (ARF) manifest file associated with an access token for a main ARF container including assets for the avatar associated with the participant in the AR communication session; receive data representing the selected assets for the avatar; send a request for the selected assets, the request including data representing the access token; and receive the selected assets in response to the request. The processing system may further receive an animation stream and animate the avatar and the selected assets during the AR communication session according to the animation stream.

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