Enables a receiver to render an Avatar as intended by the sender through the use of Portable Avatars providing information on the Avatar and its context.

What MPAI-PAF is about
Description of the standard
The MPAI-PAF specification

What MPAI-PAF is about

Technical Specification: Portable Avatar Format (MPAI-PAF) specifies:

  1. The Portable Avatar Format and related Data Formats allowing a sender to enable a receiver to decode and render an Avatar as intended by the sender.
  2. The Personal Status Display Composite AI Module allowing conversion of a Text and a Personal Status into a Portable Avatar .
  3. The AI Workflows and AI Modules composing the Avatar-Based Videoconference Use Case also using Data Types from other MPAI Technical Specifications.

Material about MPAI-PAF V1.1

MPAI thanks the following individuals for their valuable contributions to the development of MPAI-PAF: Seunggeun Baek (Klleon), Andrea Bottino (Politecnico di Torino), Vittorio Cuculo (Università di Milano), Alessandro D’Amelio (Università di Milano), Marian Alexandru Ilies (Politecnico di Torino), David Schultens, and Jaime Yoon (Hancom).


The MPAI-PAF Working Draft (htmlpdf) was published with a request for Community Comments. See also the video recordings (YouTubeWimTV) and the slides of the presentation made on 07 September. Read An overview of Avatar Representation and Animation (MPAI-ARA). Comments should be sent to the MPAI Secretariat by 2023/09/26T23:59 UTC.