I know we have mixed feelings about avatar realism, some of us feel avatars are irrelevant altogether, some feel that the existing primitive ones are ok, and others (myself included) want to see the realization FINALLY of what was promised to us by Roman and abandoned... ULTRA-Realistic user-modifiable Human Avatars.
Well, I can make ultra realistic humans, that is easy, and I can make BVH Motions for any kind of human animation or gesture I can imagine, also easy. I don't know "jack" about rigging though but can learn and intend to, and many of the parts which were built into trueSpace7.6x and truePlay2.0B1 and presumably also trueServe7.61 DO have avatar tools or provisions which were consistent with the ultra realistic human avatars which were abandoned, so the potential of restoring those exists.
In my opinion, we NEED ultra-realistic user-customizable avatars if OurSpace is ever to be considered a contender among the newer online worlds, business environments and game environments. We can do this, and I am hell bent to see it done. So the more support I get in efforts related to this the better, and I hope we establish that it is a genuine priority for us all, even an urgent one.
Those who wish to have no avatar or a primitive one will always have that option, but those of us who don't are seriously seeking progress in this specific area.
I can do the models and the motions, any riggers and people with familiarity pertaining to the specifics of how the abandoned avatars were approached PLEASE join in on this and soon, OK?
Thanks... let's take OurSpace and this Community to a level that gets serious attention worldwide.
