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Summary of January (I tested FaceRig for a week)

Summary of January.

I started trying FaceRig just a week ago. Yes, it was only a week, but it felt very long. I have kept similar creation over the past six years. It was necessary for life, but it was also redundant. I felt the time passed is early.

However, I challenged two new things this month. It's VRChat and FaceRig. I checked my Twitter ... it was the first day to launch VRChat on the 9th of January. So the time spent on these is about two thirds of a month. But it felt like a very long time for me. In other words, it means that it was fulfilling.

1月のまとめ。
私はちょうど1週間前からFaceRigの試行を始めました。そう、それはたった1週間でしたが、とても長く感じた。私は過去6年間同じような制作を続けた。それは生活のために必要だったが、冗長でもあった。時間が過ぎるのも早く感じた。
しかし今月2つの新しい事に挑戦した。VRChatとFaceRigだ。私のTwitterを辿るとVRChatに最初に着手したのは1月の9日でした。だからこれらに費やした時間はおよそ1ヶ月の2/3です。でも私にはとても長い時間のように感じました。つまり、充実していたということです。


Let's continue the story.

I tested the installation of animation objects in VRChat and stopped the try and error 

 once. VRChat is fun. However, while I am doing VRChat, I can only do VRChat (although it is obvious) lol

I focused on FaceRig. It can capture the face and posture with webcam alone and reflect it on the character in the screen. I bought it over a year ago, but few tips on making 3D avatar. So at that time I did not make a custom avatar.

But now, I learned the pleasures of moving the 3D model in sync with me with VRChat. So I decided to challenge FaceRig's custom avatar.

Especially Japanese FaceRig tips were mostly related to live2D. When I tried it, the introduction difficulty of 3D avatar was high. Also, there were no tips using 3dsmax that I love, and reading official sample data into 3dsmax caused an error.

話を戻しましょう。
私はVRChatにアニメーションオブジェクトの設置を溜め下後、いったん試行をストップしました。VRChatは楽しい。しかし、VRChatを行っている間に私が出来る子とはVRChatだけです(あたりまえだけど)。
私はFaceRigに着目しました。それはウェブカメラだけで顔や姿勢のキャプチャーを行い、画面の中のキャラクターに反映させることが出来ます。私はそれを1年以上前に購入していましたが、3Dアバターに関するTipsが少なかった。だからその時私はcustomアバターを作らなかった。
今回VRChatで自分の作った3Dモデルが自分にシンクロして動く事の楽しさを知った。だから私はFaceRigのカスタムアバター制作にも挑戦することにした。
特に日本のFaceRigのtipsはlive2Dに関するものが殆どだった。試してみたところ、3Dアバターの導入難易度は高かった。また、私が愛用する3dsmaxを使ったtipsは皆無であり、公式サンプルデータも3dsmaxに読み込むとエラーを起こした。


However, after my efforts I succeeded in creating a 3D custom avatar that moves freely to a certain extent. That was very fun.

The advantage of FaceRig is that it can be put on my work stream screen. Also, expensive devices such as vive are not necessary, so many users can use this when distributing / selling them. In fact, now Virtual Youtuber etc are in fashion.

Also, by distributing with Steam's workshop, users subscribed can use easily custom avatars. How to upload a custom avatar is also simple and easy. Unfortunately, Stream workshop does not have a service to paid avatar. However, there are people who sell avatars by their own service or DLsite etc. I will contact the official account and I would like to consider what kind of service I can offer in the future.

しかし、努力の末私はある程度自由に動く3Dカスタムアバターの制作に成功した。それはとても楽しかった。
FaceRigの利点は作業配信の片隅に設置することが出来ること。またviveなどの高価なデバイスが必要無いため、これを配布・販売した場合に活用できるユーザーは多い。実際、今はVirtual Youtuberなどが流行っている。
また、Steamのworkshopで配布することによってサブスクライブしたユーザーが簡単にカスタムアバターを導入出来る。カスタムアバターをアップロードする方法も非常にシンプルで簡単です。残念なのはStream workshopでは有料で販売するサービスが無い事です。しかし独自のサービスやDLsiteなどでアバターを販売している人々が居ます。私は公式アカウントと連絡をとり、今後私がどのようなサービスが可能か検討したいと考えています。


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Apart from that...

Sadly, someone who riped my room's 3D data on VRChat appeared. He contacted me. However, there may be others who ripped.

My room was open to the public at Patreon. But one day, there was a person who reply on Twitter "I want to enter your VRChat's room." I told him, "It is only Patreon's supporter now,". he looks disappointing... so I invited him to the room with a message as 

The ripper appeared on that night. I do not know the causal relationship. But I was careless.

Well, this kind of thing happens surely, probably it was early or late. I got a lesson... VRChat can not put any important objects lol. Currently, you should make content based on that.

それとは別に。
哀しい事にVRChat上で私のルームの3Dデータをリッピングした人が現れました。彼は私に連絡を取りました。しかし他にそうでない人も居るかも知れない。
私のルームはPatreonで公開していました。しかしある日、「あなたのVRChatの部屋に入りたい」とTwitterでリプライしてきた人が居ました。私は彼に「現在はPatreonの支援者だけです。」と伝えたが、彼が残念そうだったのでメッセージでそれを伝えた。リッパーが現れたのはその日の夜でした。因果関係はわかりません。しかし私は油断しました。
まぁ、この様なことが起こるのは確実で、恐らく早いか遅いかでした。私には教訓が出来た。VRChatには大切なものは置けない。現在はそれを踏まえたうえでコンテンツを作るべきです。


I'm solving this problem. I told him on twitter message.
Please do not contact him or punish him.

この件については解決してます。私は彼とTwitterのメッセージで話しました。彼に連絡を取ったり、罰したりしないでください。

Summary of January (I tested FaceRig for a week)

Comments

Sorry... It was not for a while. It will resume in March.

myuRanRan a.k.a. seismic

Are we gonna see a Liru stream soon? Keep up the great work!

Comrade Utka

Thank you. VRChat and FaceRig trials were studying for me. The production of DLC will continue.

myuRanRan a.k.a. seismic

Any update on the Liru DLC? Or just playing with VR models and maybe change things up? Keep up the great work!

I tested to break the topology, but I did not replace it with VRChat ( ´ へ` )

myuRanRan a.k.a. seismic

Hm, someone really ripped the static models, even though you gave them bad topology? Was that Liru 3D print made by him?

Takuya Sawatari

Many users of VRChat are digital generations so it can not be helped. They do not really want Liru. They want to boast about digital shoplifting. Also he seemed to have made some modifications on his own. To be honest, there is no way to a ripper that has technology and enthusiasm like him ∩( ’A`)∩ I think that it is better to change the mindset. For example, now popular VirtualYoutuber (top 5) distributes models for MMD in advance. But they will not lose their own identity. It is because there is a fixed voice actor as a regular. and they do frequency official stream. By doing this, the needs of people who want data are satisfied. Also, the rarity of the data itself disappears. So there is no one who wants to sin and get it. It is very peaceful. Well, my work is a secondary creation, so it's a previous matter in a way. I would like to think about my own method.

myuRanRan a.k.a. seismic

Thank you. I want to publish something as soon as possible ⁽ ´ ᵕ` ⁾

myuRanRan a.k.a. seismic

Glad you have been enjoying your work through all kinds of ways. I'm so sorry you had the model ripped and printed, I felt really bad seeing you go through that.. Currently I have no idea how to obstruct the data for printing.. In the past you could make weird vertex welds and creases to prevent it (the print would always fail because of bad stl data) but nowdays there is sofware like meshlab and meshmixer that fixes this problem. Maybe before importing use mesmixer to put a large break or brandmark on hidden underside of liru, that way you won't see it in VR but once you want to print: the underside will be broken and thief would need to fix it. You'd assume the stealer would at least support your work financially by giving to your patreon but many people just take and not give, human nature. For virtual youtuber: I also know vive tracker is used in DIY motion capture but perception neuron is better (I have the perceptiobn neuron). option if you buy it second hand, requires no vision system but can damage with a lot of magnetic fields around like big motors and speaker. It is not a replacement for standard animation but it's good when time is off the essence and data is clean. I will send you example motion capture from it sometime.

Looks like you've been pretty busy. Keep up the good work! I look forward to seeing what you'll do with this.

DSerge

Yes. I am amazed at the speed of study in my new field. However, it is because pioneers have enriched tips. I am grateful to them.

myuRanRan a.k.a. seismic

Nice, the future of VR is super interesting, I'm glad to see you jumping on the bandwagon and trying it out.

Aldwin Ryder

I think so, too. Even if I get mad at this incident, It's endless war lol sitting Liru model alternative AFK lamp ? haha

myuRanRan a.k.a. seismic

Glad you are expanding your knowledge quickly, and having so much fun the time passed quickly. So that what the deal with that guy. Ouch. I will not say about his moral actions. I will say these are the risks, and it's up to your heart and material needs with what you do with your models, seismic. I do enjoy your room experiment and look forward to what becomes of it. I discovered it is possible to lay on Liru's lap with a small generic avatar (like the AFK lamp) ;)

aciil


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