kolllya Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 I've been thinking about playing Second Life as myself for quite some time. It's a fun experience to see yourself in a virtual world, especially when you are on a lockdown during a pandemic. The problem was, I'm not a 3d artist, so I couldn't model myself from images. And I'm a very lazy person, so I didn't want to search for a studio to get myself scanned... So I used an app designed specifically for 3d scanning of people, [Moderator Edit: Advertising Link Removed] and here's the result: The idea is pretty simple. You let your phone stand on a flat surface and record a video of yourself turning around: [Moderator Edit: Advertising Links Removed] 20 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talligurl Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Interesting. not my cup of tea though, one of the reasons i come to SL is so I can look different. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwin LeShelle Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 😶 nightmare fuel... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panteleeva Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Nice idea. But i don t want to see realistic avatars like that in the SL future))) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick0678 Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 To be fair it looks much better than most of the avatars that usually walk around. Nice job, enjoy your game. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Voxel Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 That's pretty good! If you could get the obj file and find someone to clean it up and rig it and make clothes for you, you'd have yourself in SL! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relauv Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Interesting idea. Could use some clean up, but I'm pretty impressed for what its worth. Is this going to be your main look? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amanda Dallin Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Were you able to rig the mesh body produced? Without rigging for SL you'd just have a static mesh object that can't move. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolllya Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 4 minutes ago, Amanda Dallin said: Were you able to rig the mesh body produced? Without rigging for SL you'd just have a static mesh object that can't move. Actually, my friend helped. I believe he used Avastar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolllya Posted August 5, 2020 Author Share Posted August 5, 2020 28 minutes ago, relauv said: Interesting idea. Could use some clean up, but I'm pretty impressed for what its worth. Is this going to be your main look? Maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancewae Barrowstone Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 1 hour ago, relauv said: Is this going to be your main look? I'm fascinated too. But, as per your question, that could be his look for SL dates. I mean, really! This can add a whole new dimension to that. So, you make one of yourself in a tux, that's the formal date. Then one in your swim trunks, OR speedo, per preferences. That's for casual dates. Then you ...uhhhh.. wait... OH LOOK at that time! I gotta go. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Luminos Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 That looks pretty neat. (I saw the video of him dancing so for those asking about rigging, it obviously is). That said, I can't imagine anything worse than having an avatar that looks exactly like the way I look in RL. Now if someone makes an app that will do it the other way round, and change my RL body to match my avatar... HAVE ALL OF MY MONEY NOW!!! 3 2 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolllya Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 On 8/5/2020 at 8:18 PM, Lewis Luminos said: That looks pretty neat. (I saw the video of him dancing so for those asking about rigging, it obviously is). That said, I can't imagine anything worse than having an avatar that looks exactly like the way I look in RL. Now if someone makes an app that will do it the other way round, and change my RL body to match my avatar... HAVE ALL OF MY MONEY NOW!!! Insightful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxMare Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Scanning is cool but the result is not supposed to be used as is in game environment, pls check your avatar geometry, unless you did retopo, it`s gazilion polygons, not something you want or need in SL ....I sure hope ppl don`t start doing this, there`s more than enough un-optimized mesh already... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolllya Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share Posted August 6, 2020 1 hour ago, MaxMare said: Scanning is cool but the result is not supposed to be used as is in game environment, pls check your avatar geometry, unless you did retopo, it`s gazilion polygons, not something you want or need in SL ....I sure hope ppl don`t start doing this, there`s more than enough un-optimized mesh already... Yes, the app itself does retop. The mesh can be further downsampled if needed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet Voxel Posted August 7, 2020 Share Posted August 7, 2020 @kolllyaI think you have a market here for those people that strive to recreate themselves in SL, the only real issue is going to be making the avatar more of a game asset i.e lower poly, hair, eyes and clothing. I know a few people that say their avatar looks like them. Anybody remember that machine you could upload pictures of yourself and you would get a personalized skin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolllya Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share Posted August 7, 2020 4 hours ago, Janet Voxel said: @kolllyaI think you have a market here for those people that strive to recreate themselves in SL, the only real issue is going to be making the avatar more of a game asset i.e lower poly, hair, eyes and clothing. I know a few people that say their avatar looks like them. Anybody remember that machine you could upload pictures of yourself and you would get a personalized skin? @Janet Voxel yes it would be cool to deliver personalized avatars to such people! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolllya Posted August 11, 2020 Author Share Posted August 11, 2020 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Advertising is not allowed on the forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolllya Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 8 hours ago, LittleMe Jewell said: Advertising is not allowed on the forums. Ok, but I'd like to make such avatars for other people, for free... How do I let people know? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 1 hour ago, kolllya said: Ok, but I'd like to make such avatars for other people, for free... How do I let people know? I don't have an answer for that. I just know that advertising is not allowed on the forums. Apparently, based on the Moderator's change to your initial post, them removing the links was enough to remove the forbidden advertising part. Otherwise they would have removed the entire thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeotetra Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 A nice idea i'd love to scan my dogs head and then my cousins arm and after my foot put it on my system avatar and see how cool it can look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryanne Solo Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 I often get asked if I can create mesh avi models for SL. I just don't have the time. The app seems to work superbly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolllya Posted August 20, 2020 Author Share Posted August 20, 2020 16 hours ago, Zeotetra said: A nice idea i'd love to scan my dogs head and then my cousins arm and after my foot put it on my system avatar and see how cool it can look Too bad the app only works with people. However, I would love to see an app that scans dogs! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprout Evergarden Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 it's too disturbingly in the uncanny valley for me 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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