  In the field of deep learning applied to face recognition, securing
large-scale, high-quality datasets is vital for attaining precise and reliable
results. However, amassing significant volumes of high-quality real data faces
hurdles such as time limitations, financial burdens, and privacy issues.
Furthermore, prevalent datasets are often impaired by racial biases and
annotation inaccuracies. In this paper, we underscore the promising application
of synthetic data, generated through rendering digital faces via our computer
graphics pipeline, in achieving competitive results with the state-of-the-art
on synthetic data across multiple benchmark datasets. By finetuning the
model,we obtain results that rival those achieved when training with hundreds
of thousands of real images (98.7% on LFW [1]). We further investigate the
contribution of adding intra-class variance factors (e.g., makeup, accessories,
haircuts) on model performance. Finally, we reveal the sensitivity of
pre-trained face recognition models to alternating specific parts of the face
by leveraging the granular control capability in our platform.
