Abstract: A method for generating a subject avatar using a mobile phone scan is provided. The method includes receiving, from a mobile device, multiple images of a first subject, extracting multiple image features from the images of the first subject based on a set of learnable weights, inferring a three-dimensional model of the first subject from the image features and an existing three-dimensional model of a second subject, animating the three-dimensional model of the first subject based on an immersive reality application running on a headset used by a viewer, and providing, to a display on the headset, an image of the three-dimensional model of the first subject. A system and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions to perform the above method, are also provided.