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OpenUSD UsdPreviewSurface Material Portability
February 6, 2024I am interested in OpenUSD for portability of content. Instead of being tied to one rendering engine, my content can be rendered in multiple tools. ...
My Stages of Animation Production using VRoid Studio and Unity
June 10, 2022What are the normal stages in creating an 3D animated video? There are variations depending on whether you are doing a full length movie, a ...
Tiling for Expressions with VRoid Characters
January 19, 2021If you have watched Suvidriel's YouTube channel you will know you can have multiple textures for your VRoid character face, clothes, etc using tiling. This ...
Example Expressions from Blendshapes with VRoid Studio, HANA_Tool, and Unity
January 15, 2021This post includes an update on my plans to do expressions with VRoid characters for the purpose of creating short animated video clips using Unity ...
Unity Blendshapes to add Muscles to VRoid Characters
November 3, 2020VRoid gives you a lot of flexibility over many things of a character, but arm thickness is not one of them. You can control the ...
Riding a Scooter in Unity with VRoid Characters
October 30, 2020I wanted to have a character ride an electric scooter. I am not going to worry initially about mounting and dismounting, but I do want ...
Animating VRoid Facial Texture Changes in Unity
October 19, 2020Some expressions involve changing the face structure (a smile is created by a blend shape) while others involve changing the texture of the face (like ...
Changing Facial Expressions (part 3)
October 14, 2020I recently shared a blog post on a Unity script I am experimenting with to add ARKit compatible expressions to VRoid characters. Of course the ...
Animating Hand Poses in Unity
October 12, 2020I have described challenges in animating facial expressions in a previous post. Facial expressions are based on "blend shapes" to adjust the shape of the ...
Changing Facial Expressions (part 2)
October 10, 2020I previously wrote a post on Changing Facial Expressions where I went through the basics of how to control facial expressions in Unity. Since then ...
Generating iFacialMocap Blend Shapes in Unity for VRoid Characters
October 4, 2020I have been exploring iFacialMocap, an iOS app that uses the iPhone "ARKit" library to convert facial expressions into a series of movements. These can ...
Copying BlendShapes in Unity with a Script
September 7, 2020My goal is to create characters in VRoid Studio and then use them in an animated video created in Unity. A part of this challenge ...
Using Animation Clips with VRoid Characters in Unity
August 16, 2020In this post I describe my current plans for animation of VRoid Studio characters in Unity (using animation clips). I might change my mind on ...
Changing Facial Expressions
August 10, 2020VRoid characters in Unity include "Blendshapes" (called "Shape Keys" in Blender) that morph the eyes, eyebrows, and mouth on the face to create different expressions. ...
Controlling VRoid Eyes in Unity
August 8, 2020The eyes are an important part of acting. They convey a lot of emotion, from their shape to what they are looking at. It is ...
Making VRoid Characters Blink in Unity
July 29, 2020By default, characters loaded into Unity using UniVRM do not blink. You can animate blinking yourself using animation clips, but UniVRM also provides a script ...
VRoid Studio and Unity Posts
July 29, 2020This post provides a list of my blog posts related to VRoid Studio and Unity for creating animations (movies, short cartoons, etc). I will come ...
VRoid Studio Characters and Animation in Unity
July 26, 20203D models are created by external applications and then loaded into Unity as assets. Characters, furniture, buildings etc are all models. VRoid Studio can export ...
Setting the scene: VRoid + Unity for animated cartoons
July 20, 2020"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 ...