Entertainment company Avex and virtual reality development company XVI Inc. announced on Thursday that they are creating a tool titled AniCast Lab., which will allow users to create VR anime, such as virtual YouTubers, using XVI’s AniCast software and share it.
XVI is contributing its VR technology while Avex is contributing its intellectual property and the anime creation expertise of its Avex Pictures and Flagship Line subsidiaries.
In a video introduction to the tool, XVI president GOROman contrasts the “bottom up” approach of users creating their own content to the “top down” approach of anime production committees.
AniCast uses the Oculus Rift and Oculus Touch and motion capture technology to allow users to create 3DCG-animated characters using their own movements.