We’re a bit late with this but we love it.
Live2D Euclid is a system created by Live2D to animate characters in a rich 3D environment.
Reported by the reliable chaps at DigInfo, the technology allows you to interact with 2D illustrations in a 3D space.
Of course, the demo is an anime girl character!
Live 2D models can be animated and moved freely, while retaining the defining characteristics of the original illustrations, which are difficult to reproduce with regular 3D models. Due to this unique feature, Live2D has been used in over 100 commercial products since its release in 2009. Now, with the ability to render models in 3D environments, Live2D can be utilized in a wider range of visually demanding games.
The technology has already been used in many commercial products since its initial release in 2009.
The new Euclid version allows images to be rendered just as they are in 2D and also has 360-degree movement.
It works with an Oculus headset (in fact, others have done this) but perhaps it might be a possible candidate for Sony’s controversial Project Morpheus headset.
As the makers say:
Also, by using a head-mount display like the Oculus, it’s possible to make it feel as if you’re in a virtual space. We’re also considering ways of applying this to create the sensation that 2D characters have entered a 2D world, as they are, stereoscopically, rather than making a 3D model in the space and going into that.
Live2D Euclid can be used in hybrid fashion, with the body modeled in a 3D space like this, and the face in Live2D. By creating hybrids, it can also be combined with existing 3D models. So, if you want to make a character’s face cuter, or make it look like an illustration, you can render the face alone using Live2D, and use the existing 3D model for the body.
And here is an earlier version from 2012 with a charming tsundere girl character.
Illustrated characters in 3D? Virtual dating just got a whole lot more realistic.
