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What do ARKit and MediaPipe Face Landmarker document about blendshape count, value range, left/right meaning, coordinate frames and frame timing?

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Partially verified: the curator re-read S27, S29, S30; S28, S31, S32 were not re-read by the curator and rest on the producer's pinned reading. ARKit and MediaPipe both expose 52 blendshape coefficients; ARKit groups its constants (eyes 7+7, mouth/jaw 27, brows/cheeks/nose 10, tongue 1) in a right-handed metre face space, and MediaPipe's Left/Right names refer to the subject, so a mirrored (selfie) input swaps them. Neither document states that the names or semantics map one-to-one. Curator qualifications: Partially verified: the curator re-read S27, S29, S30; S28, S31, S32 were not re-read by the curator and rest on the producer's pinned reading. Curator GET 2026-10-23 of the sources not re-read (mechanical source evidence, not semantic verification): S28: HTTP 200, bytes equal to the producer pin; S31: HTTP 200, bytes differ from the producer pin; S32: HTTP 200, bytes equal to the producer pin. Docs read 2026-10-22; no face capture or retargeting run. Blendshape V2 model card PDF over the readback cap (item-level hold); Epic Live Link Face page unreadable (JavaScript) per producer; MediaPipe VIDEO-mode timestamp claim from producer reading. Limitations: Docs read 2026-10-22; no face capture or retargeting run. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://developer.apple.com/tutorials/data/documentation/arkit/arfaceanchor.json",
      "note": "Apple docs JSON arfaceanchor/blendshapelocation (topicSections); Apple docs JSON arfaceanchor (transform discussion); MediaPipe Face Landmarker task page (live)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://developer.apple.com/tutorials/data/documentation/arkit/arfaceanchor/blendshapes.json",
      "note": "Apple docs JSON arfaceanchor/blendshapelocation (topicSections); Apple docs JSON arfaceanchor (transform discussion); MediaPipe Face Landmarker task page (live)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://developer.apple.com/tutorials/data/documentation/arkit/arfaceanchor/blendshapelocation.json",
      "note": "Apple docs JSON arfaceanchor/blendshapelocation (topicSections); Apple docs JSON arfaceanchor (transform discussion); MediaPipe Face Landmarker task page (live)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://ai.google.dev/edge/mediapipe/solutions/vision/face_landmarker",
      "note": "Apple docs JSON arfaceanchor/blendshapelocation (topicSections); Apple docs JSON arfaceanchor (transform discussion); MediaPipe Face Landmarker task page (live)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://ai.google.dev/edge/mediapipe/solutions/vision/face_landmarker/python",
      "note": "Apple docs JSON arfaceanchor/blendshapelocation (topicSections); Apple docs JSON arfaceanchor (transform discussion); MediaPipe Face Landmarker task page (live)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://storage.googleapis.com/mediapipe-assets/Model%20Card%20Blendshape%20V2.pdf",
      "note": "Apple docs JSON arfaceanchor/blendshapelocation (topicSections); Apple docs JSON arfaceanchor (transform discussion); MediaPipe Face Landmarker task page (live)"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] ARKit and MediaPipe both expose 52 blendshape coefficients; ARKit groups its constants (eyes 7+7, mouth/jaw 27, brows/cheeks/nose 10, tongue 1) in a right-handed metre face space, and MediaPipe's Left/Right names refer to the subject, so a mirrored (selfie) input swaps them. Neither document states that the names or semantics map one-to-one. · locator: Apple docs JSON arfaceanchor/blendshapelocation (topicSections); Apple docs JSON arfaceanchor (transform discussion); MediaPipe Face Landmarker task page (live) source

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component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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