Regarding specifically the creation of 3D models for usage in games, this is particularly relevant: Avatar Digitization From a Single Image For Real-Time Rende

Regarding specifically the creation of 3D models for usage in games, this is particularly relevant: Avatar Digitization From a Single Image For Real-Time Rendering http://www.hao-li.com/publications/papers/siggraphAsia2017ADFSIFRTR.pdf http://www.hao-li.com/publications/papers/siggraphAsia2017AD... (from the people at Pinscreen) There's a lot of work being done on using deep learning for computer graphics in general as well.