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So here's my basic overview of 3D vtubing software
Who am I? A vtuber who has tried all the 3D options
First things first. You need a model.
You have numerous options for making these. The most accessible being vroid studio which will let you make a 3D human avatar with minimal effort.
For the most part you're not making anything amazing without extra effort but you can get something you can use for free with no artistic or technical skills required.
There are other options though such as Zoo Studio which can be used to make chibi furry models.
The other approach though is to make or commission a custom 3D model. This is the most technically demanding or expensive approach. But the potential outcomes are amazing.
Now once you've navigated this mess you will have a VRM file and its time to figure out what software you're going to put it in
Which we will cover in subsequent posts
The first option is Vseeface
Realistically? Vseeface is a tech demo. It's not suited to streaming. It has extremely limited functionality. But it's good for testing a model quickly and can send tracking data to other applications if needed.
Vnyan
Vnyan is a fully functional piece of 3D vtuber software with all the platform integrations and extra functionality you'd expect.
However its UI and UX are pretty bad. The software is a passion project by a single dev and it shows. But its got a community discord that is very helpful and informative and is receiving frequent updates from someone with direct real world experience as a vtuber. It also supports modding if you have that skillset.
You have a full range of tracking solutions supported from things like ifacial mocap, leapmotion and even rokoko. You can even add VR trackers to items in the real world and use that to control elements in your environment for maximum VR immersion.
All in all I'd say the main thing holding back Vnyan is that user interface and user experience. Its pretty poor.
Warudo
Warudo is in my opinion the current gold standard for the average vtuber. Some people like to joke that its basically Vnyan with a better UI/UX. And thats not entirely inaccurate.
Out of the box Warudo will provide a more intuitive experience than Vnyan and will look prettier too.
Where Warudo falls short right now is its lack of ability to organise elements in the editor and its still somewhat patchy documentation and tutorial situation.
But like Vnyan it has a "resource browser" full of environments and props for you to download and make use of.
The real problem with Warudo is that they lock functionality behind a paywall. This isn't functionality that is relevant to the majority of users, being things such as specific graphical options such as Nilotoons and Universal RP. As well as the ability to hook in certain optical motion tracking systems.
These features are directed more at the higher end professional crowd and aren't relevant to anyone here.
Mtion Studio
This one is hard to recommend. For the average user in fact I'd say give this a hard pass.
Where Mtion studio shines though is interactivity. You have native support for massive levels of interactivity not just for you but also your chat. Talking chat avatars, controlling things in the world and your ability to shape/configure the stream environment are second to none. But this comes with the expected degree of complexity.
It also has no native support for tracking. Meaning it must be provided with VMC data by an external application such as Vseeface
If you are able to grapple with the complexity of this software then you have the potential to make something very impressive with a lot for your chat to do such as mess with you, play games, manipulate the stream environment and more.
Mikoverse
Mikoverse is not real. Yet. It's currently a closed tech demo that is not widely available.
That being said it's got massive potential being supposedly something that is a mix between an online game and Mtion Studio. All done in Unreal Engine 5.
This is a project being led by CodeMiko who does stream themselves so theres real world experience being fed into this.
It's a project to keep an eye on but for now you're unlikely to ever touch it. Could wind up being kickstarter vaporware, could wind up completely redefining how streaming works
I originally wanted to include links to them all. But the filters decided this was spam
