Blender Add-on Enables Remote Character Animation

Wanderson Studio used Blender’s addRoutes add-on and TouchOSC to animate a character remotely for the short Xmas Is Cancelled.

Archive republication: This article was originally published on 26 January 2021. It has been translated into English and lightly updated for clarity while preserving the original reporting and context.

Xmas Is Cancelled

Wanderson Studio used a two-person animation setup for the short film Xmas Is Cancelled: one animator controlled Santa’s body while another controlled his head. The experiment combined the addRoutes add-on for Blender with TouchOSC, a modular OSC and MIDI control surface for iOS and Android.

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