Character Studio

An open, collaborative, and evolving 3D avatar studio for making glTF / VRM avatars with.

:star: NEW: DOCS!!! https://m3-org.github.io/characterstudio-docs/ ⭐

Installation

Note: You need loot-assets imported to public folder for this to work! https://github.com/m3-org/loot-assets

# Clone the repo and change directory into it
git clone https://github.com/M3-org/CharacterStudio
cd CharacterStudio
Install dependencies with legacy peer deps flag to ignore React errors
npm install
npm run dev
Install default assets
npm run get-assets

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Load Your Assets

We separate the program from the asset packs. We have some sample assets here: https://github.com/memelotsqui/character-assets

Refer to docs to add your own 3d models

Features

• Personalized Creation: Point and click to build 3D characters

- Drag and drop local 3D files (VRM) and textures - Color picker for adding a personal touch - Export creatoins as glb and VRM + screenshots

• Dynamic animation: Variety of programmable animations
• Effortless Optimization One-click VRM optimizer

- Merge skinned meshes + Texture atlassing - Can reduce avatars to a single draw call!

• Batch Export: Randomize or adhere to metadata schemas
• Transparent Development: Open-source MIT licensed codebase
• Robust Rendering: Using Three.js, WebGL, and React

- Recently refactored to NOT need React as a dependency - Logic is now all inside CharacterManager class

• Face auto culling: Automatically cull undereneath faces with custom layer system

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Special Thanks

Shoutout to original repo by Webaverse

Thanks m00n, memelotsqui, boomboxhead, jin, and many others for contributing