I have been exploring iFacialMocap, an iOS app that uses the iPhone “ARKit” library to convert facial expressions into a series of movements. These can be sent to Unity so your character inside Unity follows what is being recorded on your iPhone. A challenge however is the iOS ARKit library uses more blendshapes than come … More Generating iFacialMocap Blend Shapes in Unity for VRoid Characters
My goal is to create characters in VRoid Studio and then use them in an animated video created in Unity. A part of this challenge however is I want to add more expressions to the character than the default. I tried to just use the existing VRoid BlendShapes – there were not enough for all … More Copying BlendShapes in Unity with a Script
In this post I describe my current plans for animation of VRoid Studio characters in Unity (using animation clips). I might change my mind on the approach later as I learn more, but this is my current thinking. Background Animation clips in Unity capture position information for all the joints of a character. Animation clips … More Using Animation Clips with VRoid Characters in Unity
VRoid characters in Unity include “Blendshapes” (called “Shape Keys” in Blender) that morph the eyes, eyebrows, and mouth on the face to create different expressions. These work by warping the mesh of the character (moving the contours of the face). Other expressions such as blushing change the texture of the mesh (what is displayed on … More Changing Facial Expressions
The eyes are an important part of acting. They convey a lot of emotion, from their shape to what they are looking at. It is common for eyes to jump around, looking at different things during a scene. A furtive glance or down at the ground, the eyes can convey a rich set of emotions. … More Controlling VRoid Eyes in Unity
By default, characters loaded into Unity using UniVRM do not blink. You can animate blinking yourself using animation clips, but UniVRM also provides a script to help. The script only kicks in when playing the game (it is not visible when editing and scrubbing through the timeline). The script is located in the UniVRM directory … More Making VRoid Characters Blink in Unity
This post provides a list of my blog posts related to VRoid Studio and Unity for creating animations (movies, short cartoons, etc). I will come back and add links to new posts here as they are available. Welcome Posts Setting the scene: VRoid + Unity for animated cartoons. My motivation for working on these blog posts. … More VRoid Studio and Unity Posts
3D models are created by external applications and then loaded into Unity as assets. Characters, furniture, buildings etc are all models. VRoid Studio can export files in VRM format that you can then import into Unity using the UniVRM package. This creates a prefab for the character. To then make models move, animations must be … More VRoid Studio Characters and Animation in Unity
“I wonder how hard it would be to use VRoid Studio and Unity to create an animated movie?” I am starting this series of blog posts in my quest to answer this question. (Spoiler alert, it’s not as easy as I would like!!) [Psst! Did you subscribe to this blog because I have other posts … More Setting the scene: VRoid + Unity for animated cartoons
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