I'm the new kid on the block, I did a search but came up empty. I produce content for corporate business meetings and I want to be able to add a live animated real time character to my computer output. In true "producer" fashion I have an idea but no skills... I need brains, hands and hearts to make it happen. I'm looking for insights, and people who have experience doing live performance work. Anyone here?

I want to do live real time output for corporate business events, it seems iClone might be the solution.

I'm the classic "producer" type... I see an application but I know I have neither the computer or acting bones to be able to implement the idea.

I'm looking for someone who does have the skills to create and act characters in real time.

This question comes up know and then, and from what I understand you want to produce animated output in real-time.

Such that you would be able to manipulate a character in real-time and then stream it via a web page or in a life performance.

Unfortunately, iClone is not yet able to do that. The real-time aspect comes into play when previewing content while creating it. However, the final rendering into a video is an additional step, which is often fast, but not real-time.

What you seem to be looking for is a kind of Second Life for business. I used to work for a company that offers something like that. More info here: http://avayalive.com/Engage/. There is a free demo you can download.

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You may want to check these others out if this is more the type of output you are looking for
http://facewaretech.com/products/software/realtime-live/
https://www.mixamo.com/faceplus
http://www.faceshift.com/
And this is just for realtime face tracking, then you still have body and hand tracking to go, with their many methods, such as IMU, RGB, Depth, IR LED. The list goes on and on depending on your budget requirements, there are however free SDKs that require hardcore algorithm programming, but if your search landed you here, the latter is obviously not an option.
Next you'll need a realtime 3D engine application with plugin support capabilities, to feed the output to, which I won't plug those companies here because some or their features I feel compete directly with RL and there's quite few. This is indeed a deep rabbit hole.... red pill or blue pill Mr. Anderson?

I usually charge a consultation fee for this kind of IP, because this type of interactive realtime 3d tech display method is bleeding edge, so expect to pay a premium for this type of implementation where ever you seek. Unless your a hardcore software programmer.

Simply put... I wish iClone did this. Maybe, someday young grasshopper.

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Thanks for the insights. The first time I saw real time character performance animation was 20+ years ago and the output then was lower rez then the current real time preview in iClone! In fact, if there was a way to drive the characters mouth in real time with external audio input... the video output in preview is more than adequate.

Is there a way to disable the perspective "floor" in preview?

Thanks again for your insights.

If you're talking about the GRID... Ctrl-G will toggle it on and off.

It can also be set in your Preferences.

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If you mean that shadow that's there, click on the light in the lower left corner where the current objects in the scene are listed. The light settings will show up in the right panel. Go to Shadow and change it to either Self-cast or Off.

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