# Building a Real-Time 3D Face Mask with MediaPipe, Threlte and Three.js

DevFeed: [Building a Real-Time 3D Face Mask with MediaPipe, Threlte and Three.js](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/building-a-real-time-3d-face-mask-with-mediapipe-threlte-and-three-js-4342.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://tympanus.net/codrops/2026/09/06/building-a-real-time-3d-face-mask-with-mediapipe-threlte-and-three-js/>)

Author: Marek Jóźwiak

Published: 2026-09-06T13:09:52Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Codrops](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/codrops.md>)

Topics: [Three.js webcam](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/three-js-webcam.md>)

Tags: [3d](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/3d.md>), [3d-face-mask](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/3d-face-mask.md>), [canonical-face-model](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/canonical-face-model.md>), [creative-coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/creative-coding.md>), [face-landmarks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/face-landmarks.md>), [face-mesh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/face-mesh.md>), [face-tracking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/face-tracking.md>), [facial-landmarks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/facial-landmarks.md>), [generative-graphics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generative-graphics.md>), [gpu](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gpu.md>), [inference](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/inference.md>), [interactive-3d](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interactive-3d.md>), [javascript-3d](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript-3d.md>), [mediapipe](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mediapipe.md>), [mediapipe-face-landmarker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mediapipe-face-landmarker.md>), [mesh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mesh.md>), [real-time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time.md>), [real-time-3d](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time-3d.md>), [real-time-face-tracking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-time-face-tracking.md>), [svelte](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/svelte.md>), [three-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/three-js.md>), [three-js-face-mask](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/three-js-face-mask.md>), [three-js-webcam](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/three-js-webcam.md>), [threlte](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/threlte.md>), [threlte-three-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/threlte-three-js.md>), [tutorial](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorial.md>), [tutorials](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorials.md>), [video](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/video.md>), [vision](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vision.md>), [wasm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/wasm.md>), [webcam](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/webcam.md>), [webcam-effects](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/webcam-effects.md>), [webcam-face-tracking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/webcam-face-tracking.md>), [webgl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/webgl.md>), [webgl-face-tracking](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/webgl-face-tracking.md>)

## AI overview

Tutorial on building a real-time textured 3D face mask by mapping MediaPipe face landmarks onto a Three.js mesh with Threlte.

## Source excerpt

Learn how MediaPipe's face landmarks, Google's canonical face model, and Three.js come together to create a real-time textured 3D face mask.