Anime is a style of movie and video, traditionally hand-drawn but now usually created with computer design apps. We’re interested in this area and are experimenting in the lab with a couple of things.
So far we’ve found a number of companies who provide 3D character model creation apps and body animation clips that work with Movie Maker 3D. Some of these like Ready Player Me have been tested by us and are already in the app.
We’re currently playing with apps produced by avatar model creator Avaturn and anime avatar model creator Vroid Studio and have found that they work in some cases. Follow these basic steps if you want to experiment:
Use the desired avatar model creator site or app (see below) to create your new avatar and download it to Files as a .GLB or .VRM file.
In Movie Maker 3D tap the Add (+) then 3D Model File (USDZ or GLB) to choose and import the .GLB or .VRM model file into your 3D scene.
See this Movie Maker 3D FAQ page if you’d like to import individual animation clips.
Results are not guaranteed but we’d love to hear about your experience at support@moviemaker3d.com.
In the lab we’re also working on support for body tracking and animation clip “retargeting” which will enable new ways to use animations across different characters. The results look promising. Stay tuned to see what happens next!
Check out the links to companies mentioned in this post:
Avatar Model Creators
ReadyPlayer.me - Stylized avatar creator
Avaturn - Life-like photo-realistic avatar creator web
Anime Avatar Model Creators
Vroid Studio https://vroid.com/en/studio - Anime character creator app for iPadOS, macOS and Windows
Vroid Hub - https://hub.vroid.com/en - Anime character public exchange
Animation Clip Creators
Deep Motion https://www.deepmotion.com - Text to animation clip, video to animation clip
Kinetix https://www.kinetix.tech - Video to “emote” animation clip (site for developers)