What do I need to prepare to be a VTuber?
Before, when I operated VTuber ~gege, this feeling gradually became clear. I think:
VTuber = character setting + model + planning + technology (software + hardware) + operation publicity
First of all, talk about character ! I think character is the soul of a VTuber. Think about it. If we look at a virtual character, objectively speaking, he does not have human thoughts, emotions, does not understand language, let alone interaction. But in reality, we see various and highly personal vtubers on screen, such as “artificial mental retardate ~ Kizuna AI”, “FPS boss ~ Nekomiya Hinata”, “Poison tongue ~ Mito Tsukino”. In watching the program, the most into the feeling are, “unique voice, an eternal constant pet phrase!” There should be a barrage here.
However, what I want to say is that if you want to be a VTuber, you must think clearly about your character
And instead of describing people in general terms, like cute or cute, think about how to summarize them in a short, iconic sentence. Like Mou Mou’s “moji, moji, I’m MouMou, a man with a face in another universe!” “, sharp and brief, quickly impressive and hard to forget.
Therefore, prepare the character , you need to prepare these points, “an iconic introduction”, “a unique pet phrase”, “tone expression with a strong emotional comparison, not the whole dull as water, even if the whole loud is no problem, mainly to mobilize the atmosphere, such as tanaka hime”. “A unique personality, such as in the copywriting setting, tone expression, can have their own personality, just like in daily life, everyone will leave a different image on others, here can refer to the Mito Tsukino, lu wanying. If you really can’t think of anyone to set it up, then please fly yourself when performing, don’t think you are performing, but this is you, the audience is your acquaintances, friends, relax to communicate
The character is set, you’ve drawn the person, and now you need a model to hold your person. 2D model, 3D model both are ok. But, they have different way to do VTuber in on technology
Technology aside, with character setting and model, the next step is the plan. What is the main direction of the program in the future? tittle-tattle? live-streaming? Tell a movie, or do everything? Emmm, in fact, suggested that the choice of a direction, it is easier to have personal characteristics.
The plan had, talk about the division of labor!
An actor, a project staff, a director, an operation, a post-production staff
With all the groundwork in place, it’s time to talk about how to implement the VTuber project。
2D: Live2D + facerig
3D: Live3D+ Motion capture equipment (optional)
I’m sure you know a lot about Live2D and facerig, but I’d like to introduce Live3D here
What is Live3D?
An interface software, you can understand as a game, a tool, inside all the functions, are buttons, you want to use, just click the button to open it. No underlying code is involved here.
What can Live3D do?
- Turn on the face capture button, capture your expression through your computer camera, and synchronize your expression to the virtual character’s face in real time.
2. Unique feature pendant mode, which can propose a dynamic model of a transparent background, and can be freely moved on the desktop with the mouse, such as placed in the bottom left corner of the desktop.
Through pendant mode, facial capture, you can do virtual live effect VTuber.
3. The motion capture button, open the catch button after you wear the motion capture equipment.Live3D will convert the data in real time, and show your body movements in real time on the preview interface of Live3D, that is: how do you move when you wear the motion capture equipment, how do the characters move in the preview interface
Record this dynamic video screen, that is, the animation.
4. In addition, if you don’t have the motion capture equipment, you can use the Live3D built-in action or external import action, and use the Live3D video function (animation editor) to make animation.
5. Cover and poster are required when the work is completed and released. You can use the Live3D pose function to pose, and you can choose the background, and finally export a posed picture with background for dispersion
Follow-up pose function will also be upgraded to comics, you can use this function, to obtain the comics surrounding.
Finally, the model problem. If you have a model, you can import your model into Live3D.
In general, go to steam to get Live3D and click some buttons to make virtual live broadcast and chat video. All the technical cost is integrated into Live3D. No matter the model or the technical implementation of VTuber, Live3D is enough.
