KalidoKit Released for Avatar Tracking

KalidoKit combines open-source face, pose and hand tracking with blendshape and kinematics solvers for VRM and Live2D avatars.

Archive translation. Specifications, services and availability reflect the original publication date in 2021. Verify current compatibility before production use.

In brief: KalidoKit is a solver built around open-source assets for face tracking, 3D character positioning and hand tracking. It provides blendshape and kinematics solvers and supports FaceMesh, BlazePose, Handpose and Holistic. KalidoKit was designed specifically for rigging 3D models in VRM format and Live2D avatars.

Find out more: The solver is available on GitHub.

A live version runs directly in the browser.

Development updates were also published on Twitter. Readers looking further into body tracking and motion capture can revisit Digital Production’s June 2021 report on a MoCap application from the Akiya Research Institute VR Lab.

Test tracking stability, rig compatibility and latency before using the solver in production.