Animaze News

The jungle adventure begins today.

Whether used for teaching a biology class, stepping in for Harambe, or performing the best karaoke cover of King Louie's "I Want to Be Like You", Brutus is up for the task.

https://youtu.be/h81APl_hyuI

Download Brutus the gorilla avatar on Animaze.us and transform your online presence. Crafted with meticulous attention to detail from the twinkle in his eye to his infectious grin, Brutus responds with stunning accuracy, turning every nuance of your expression into an animated reality.
Because he is a chonky boy to render, (high-quality ape model), he is, for now, available on Windows PC only.

Empire State Building not included, but we are adding a free banana prop.

Thank you for supporting indie VTubing engine alternatives.
The Animaze team (Dragos, Alex and Catalin).

[h2]Update April 11th, 2024:[/h2]

Hello Awesome People!

Cloud services for all Animaze Desktop functionalities should be restored as of this moment.
We have pushed Desktop build updates across the board, both on Steam and standalone.

On Steam the update should occur normally, like with any Steam app. You might need to restart the Steam client if you don't see the update coming your way.

On the standalone Animaze version, you might have to manually download the new Launcher, install it, and then go and click "Check for new versions" button in its settings before installing Animaze.


The correct versions are:

• Steam Animaze: 1.26.12587
  
• Standalone launcher: 1.26.12587
  
• Standalone Animaze: 1.26.12587
  

Any lower and it means you are on a version that needs updating.



[h3]Original announcement:[/h3]
Hello Awesome People,

Unfortunately earlier today we were notified by an AWS agent of a certain server-related issue that might cause some disruption in Animaze functionality for some of you.
It should only affect the standalone version, but it might have some rippling effects on the Steam version in certain circumstances for users on a Plus or Pro sub.

Addressing this depends on a bespoke action from the AWS team we are currently waiting on.
We are very sorry for any inconvenience.

Hello Awesome People!

A new Holotech original free avatar enters the arena: Silenus the futuristic war GOAT.
He also brings along his futuristic spaceship backdrop.

https://youtu.be/ZX3L_ZE8XlQ

Whether you want to have a sci-fi goat narrating your exploits in the galaxy or repurpose him in zoomed-in portrait mode as a tiefling lookalike for your new BG3 run, Silenus is reporting for duty.


https://youtu.be/K8zAfKnpjzk

Since he is named after the mythological Silenus, the teacher and faithful companion of the wine god Dionysus, he may or may not have a drinking problem.

He is full-body motion capture enabled, and texture elements on his armor chest piece are mapped to allow easy logo placement.
Because he is among the more graphically complex assets, he is a PC exclusive (no mobile version).

Look him up by name in the avatar browser (Animaze 2023 DLC, or Animaze live service, Windows PC).

Cheers, and happy steaming!
The Holotech Team.

Hello Awesome People!

The free Steamboat Willie Mickey avatar is here!

Do a silly dance, send a positive message, or invite him to a thoughtful multiplayer avatar roundtable on your vTuber blog hosted with Animaze Rooms so you can talk about the latest Disney entertainment releases.

Whether driven by an actor or an AI brain, by simple webcam face tracking or full body motion capture VMC input, he'll be a great addition, just make sure that, for his visual comfort, you seat him on a cartoon black and white chair.

Look him up by name in the avatar browser (Animaze 2023 DLC, or Animaze live service, Windows PC).
For extra convenience, he also comes with a style-appropriate background in the backgrounds browser.





Before you rush to our Discord to ask for a color version of him with dynamic lighting, please keep in mind that he is meant to stay black and white, to be in line with the Steamboat Willie aesthetic.

This avatar is made available for free, and published from the U.S. where Steamboat Willie Mickey is in the public domain. However, depending on where you are in the world and which local copyright laws apply to you, you might want to do further homework on any legal usage limits.

Cheers, and happy steaming!
The Holotech Team.

Hello Awesome Folks,

We have updated Visage Technologies Tracker to v9.1 in Animaze.
Those of you who are checking out the next-version branch have already played with it since last week; now, after additional testing, it is making its way to the main branch.


[h3]Desktop Changelog[/h3]

• added tracked vertical pupil movement to the Default Tracker. If the motion is too intense you can adjust it (or even turn it back off) in the Advanced Tracking Settings -> Eyes -> Eye Pupil Vertical Movement.
  
• fixed a bug causing the shop-interfacing galleries to not load properly sometimes,
  
• fixed a crash when importing some VRM models,
  
• fixed a bug related to TPose validation in GLB files
  

As always, we love hearing what you think about the new content and Animaze! Tell us what you’d like to see added to Animaze on our Discord server or email us at support[@]animaze[.]us!
Thank you for supporting indie avatar engine initiatives.

Cheers, and happy streaming!