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Recent infrared interferometric observations revealed sub-parsec scale dustdistributions around active galactic nuclei (AGNs). Using images of CLUMPYtorus models and NGC 1068 as an example, we demonstrate that the near- andmid-infrared nuclear emission of some nearby AGNs will be resolvable in directimaging with the next generation of 30~m telescopes, potentially breakingdegeneracies from previous studies that used integrated spectral energydistributions of unresolved AGN tori. To that effect we modelwavelength-dependent point spread functions from the pupil images of varioustelescopes: James Webb Space Telescope, Keck, Giant Magellan Telescope, ThirtyMeter Telescope, and Extremely Large Telescope. We take into account detectorpixel scales and noise, and apply deconvolution techniques for image recovery.We also model 2D maps of the 10-micron silicate feature strength, $S_{10}$, ofNGC 1068 and compare with observations. When the torus is resolved, we find$S_{10}$ variations across the image. However, to reproduce the $S_{10}$measurements of an unresolved torus a dusty screen of $A_V > 9$ mag isrequired. We also fit the first resolved image of the K-band emission in NGC1068 recently published by the GRAVITY collaboration, deriving likely modelparameters of the underlying dust distribution. We find that both 1) anelongated structure suggestive of a highly inclined emission ring, and 2) ageometrically thin but optically thick flared disk where the emission arisesfrom a narrow strip of hot cloud surface layers on the far inner side of thetorus funnel, can explain the observations.

Hypercubes of AGN Tori (HYPERCAT) -- II. Resolving the Torus with Extremely Large Telescopes