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But doesn't this limit you? I mean the work here to collect the data is such a pain. While glad that you are doing this, is there any other method?

Also, what are your thoughts on systems like Apple's object Capture?

Fantastic. Spreading the word would be great support to us. You can email to pradeep@highavenue.co or admin@highavenue.co to get the FBX files. I'll share all other info as we discuss in the email :)

Haha! "Contact us for quote" is current way for us now - sorry for that. Automating the purchase needs a ton of effort at the moment.

Windows app seems like a cool idea as well. Feedback noted!!!

Thanks a ton again for the ideas, comments & questions.

:)

Any specific issue with the installation? Please let us know so that we can help.

- Thank a ton for the feedback this is highly helpful.

- We actually had a purchase button last week but removed it because there a bit of manually step involved in it. (Users need to do a purchase request, and we will sending the fbx files to them manually: this has to be automated.)

- Yes, we had to maintain the textures at a lower level to make the AR output was better.

- I truly agree with the graphic designers, marketers, new animators point of view. This could be a huge deal for them.

- We will surely discuss about this internally to take a b2b route if needed.

Cheers. Means a lot. Please do check out the app.

No no! that's perfectly alright. Thank you so much for pointing it out.

:)

Somehow missed it. We work on IST (Indian Standard Timing) & we were awake till 5:30 in the morning. Apologies that I somehow missed to reply the above comment. Privacy is something which is very important to us as well. We are and we will be taking a lot measures to make sure that we don't mismanage a user's data in anyway.

- We will let you know and get your permission if we choose to train the ML system and improve the efficiency.

- At the moment its about: rectifying your model from the backend if the ML system failed to plot the segmentation properly.

- The Selfie photo alone is shared with the AvatarSDK API for head generation.

- I think going the Privacy policy or t&Cs is a huge pain for a lot of users. So I'm planning to create a bulletin and showcase at the start of creating the model so that the users are well informed :)

That’s a great way as well. I’ve noted it down. Thank you for your feedback:)

That’s fine. Always happy discuss more on this and get to know various perspectives :)

Sorry about that. Kindly follow the capture instructions as much as possible. There are chances that if the lighting isn’t proper or if the background is crowded etc can cause the system to delay. :) please retry it once and let me know if you have problem again .. thank you so much for your comment. :)

We are currently working on a whole line of textures/ outfits. This will coming in the future updates. Please stay tuned. We will also notify you :) Apologies that you the feel model like someone else. Please place a rectify request, so that we can fix the issue from our back end.

If the output is not as you expected, we can rectify it from the back end. For that, once you place the rectify request - we use your capture to fix the issues. :)

Yes, we can help you with that manually. :) kindly email us.

Yes, but it does need some work though. :)

Spatial avatar based video chat app was cool as well.

OMG, thank you so much for the detailed comment. This is super helpful. I’ll definitely discuss about this with the team. And the plan of going b2b and then moving to b2c seems great as well. I’ll do homework about this. Is there way to get in touch with you? Would love to discuss more and do some brainstorming :)

- we already had some portions of the app here and there (like the video feed, search etc) so scrapped that up.

- the core tool where generate the model was built with in 10 weeks.

- we actually wanted bring in flutter to improve the UI and smoothness of the app but that wasn’t possible.

- the head portion is from an API. & the body creation is ours. There is a few more things to be fixed.

Thank you so much for the question.

Really sorry - I can see others generating the model successfully. It would be great if you can please try it again by restarting the app. Thank you so much. While restarting the app shouldn’t be the solution, bare with us at the moment. :(

While this seems very similar to bitmoji but for real avatars, I think there are a lot of use cases that Snapchat hasn’t tapped into. As move forward & With the models generated, - choose the model (you can even request your friend’s) - select any 3D environment (a coffee shop or a riverside) - hop into it - start acting - & record

Since we are bootstrapped we couldn’t build everything at once. :)

You might be right, B2B play seems straightforward. There is this powerful intuition that we can make it work this way. Thank you so much for the question.

Let me check and get back to you soon. But I can see that others are generating their model successfully.

Apologies about the delay. There are chances when the capture has some issues.

Introducing this as an API was something ppl have told us repeatedly. Our plan was to, later as we grow, come up with something like “Sign in with Highavenue” - this way users can export their data to any gaming/MMOs or any other application with just single button tap.

And we can make sure it works cross platforms. We will collaborate soon on this :)

Thanks again :) for the edit! Means a world to us getting these feedback. Honestly, we wanted to build a network around it and as we move forward introduce more stuff. Plus, having a login makes it comfortable for us to contact users for more feedback. Those initial comments are important for us :)

I might be wrong. May be introducing a guest login without having to sign up but just to try out the product/tool makes more sense. I’ll note this down :)

MMOs are something we are also thinking about! But we do have a strong feeling around “short animated scene creations” use case. Thank you so much for suggestion. Means a lot :)

Thank you so much for the feedback. Yes, I agree. We will get that designed and shipped soon. Probably this week itself.

Product: Highavenue is a mobile app using which anyone can generate a 3D Character (within a minute or so) that looks very similar to them with just three photos as inputs. They can also apply different ready-made animations to the model and record some fun, attractive videos with it in Augmented Reality.

Here are some of the links for you to quickly check out the product:

Demo Video: https://youtu.be/dCEGx-thXD4

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.highavenue...

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/highavenue/id1470937706?ls=1

Tech:

Built using Unity Game Engine, Blendshape & other animation techniques, Segmentation algorithm etc.

Vision & the problem:

Unlike other AR consumer platforms, our vision is to democratize the creation of 3D animated scenes. Anybody should be able to create a short 3D animation of length 15 to 30 seconds and even be a part of it. Usually, 3D animations need big tools to build, weeks to learn, and hours to create. Not just that, it involves various stages like modeling, rigging, texturing, and then animating it. With the above version of Highavenue released, we solved the modeling, rigging & texturing part of the problem by automating the creation of 3D characters. And in the upcoming versions, with the technologies like body Tracking & depth detection, anybody can just hop into a 3D scene, select a character that they want to play, and start acting. It's as simple as that.

This opens a new realm of opportunities for creators and the way we tell our stories.

- Tiktok lowered the video creation barrier from YouTube

- Snapchat lowered the barrier for conversations

- Clubhouse did the same for audio.

We(Highavenue) will lower the barrier to create 3D animated scenes. With just your smartphone, you should be able to create 15 -30s animated scenes easily.

Our Story:

(Bootstrapped Startup)We are a team of four members — Pradeep Baskaran, Soorya Sankar(Developer), Terrance Abilan (3D Full-stack Animator), & Renold J (3D Generalist - Full-time employee) hailing from small towns & tier 2/3 cities in Tamilnadu, India like Anupuram, Bhavani, Thoothukudi, Kanya Kumari respectively (you wouldnt heard about these places before). We are huge fans of anime, games, and other 3D-based content. And working on Highavenue seemed the best fit for us.

During Covid-19, we rented a small apartment outside of Anupuram Township, Tamilnadu, India, and converted the living space to Office — 4 desks, 2 systems, and a rented workstation. We juggle our work within the systems, and there were times when we couldn’t afford a Mac and we would borrow it from other startups for an hour to build and Ship iOS versions.

We bootstrapped our way here after providing services to clients in the US and India. Covid-19 almost made us out of business since almost every client we had and deals we were about to do were called off. And a lot happened:

- We saved up from our previous services work.

- We borrowed some to manage operations.

- We paid back all the debts.

- A few Investors we cold emailed said "No" to our AR consumer platform idea.

- We got the clients back. We saved up again.

- With the little amount we had in the bank — we decided that it was time. We concentrated purely building Highavenue.

We built this product within 10 weeks and shipped it out a few weeks back (later mid of Jan 2021). We are iterating the product rapidly, fixing bugs, building minor features, talking to users repeatedly. It's the love for animations, cartoons, & consumer platforms that drive us.

Any feedback/suggestion would be very much appreciated - It will help us improve. Get in touch with us - email: pradeep@highavenue.co or admin@highavenue.co

thanks! - Highavenue Team

this is fantastic. Seems like a great resource.

This is great!

Yeah! Got their response.

Will the late applicants be notified as well?