Animaze vs MikuMikuDance

Animaze is avatar-based entertainment software for creating and using interactive characters. It supports 2D and 3D avatar workflows, lip sync, hand and full-body tracking, virtual camera use, and recording. Users can track through a webcam or iPhone, with additional support for Leap Motion, audio-based lip trackers, and Tobii eye trackers. Imports include Live2D, VRM, Ready Player Me, and Union Avatars models; the PC Avatar Editor can test imported Live2D or 3D-modeling-tool avatars and export them for Animaze. The service connects with OBS, Streamlabs, Discord, Zoom, Google Meet, Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook Gaming. It is aimed at streamers, YouTubers, VTubers, artists, creatives, and businesses, and an enterprise SDK provides APIs for adding characters to iOS, Android, or PC apps. Animaze has a free plan. Plus is $3.99 a month, billed $47.88/year; Pro is $9.99 a month, billed $119.88/year. Business plans are $499.99 a year and $1,699.99 a year; Enterprise pricing is tailored.

MikuMikuDance is a tool for choreographing a 3D Miku model and exporting AVI files, described by the Vocaloid Promotion Video Project as part of its tools for making Vocaloid-series promotion videos. The Multi Model Edition can move two or more models and use the Bullet physics engine, though the site identifies it as an older edition for Windows XP machines. Separate DirectX 9 and 64-bit versions are described for PCs running Windows Vista, 7, 8, or 10; the 64-bit edition is for 64-bit systems. If those Windows versions fail to run, the site advises installing Microsoft Visual C++ redistributable packages and the DirectX End-User Runtime. For Kinect motion capture, the DxOpenNI driver reads joint positions and can be used as a MikuMikuDance plug-in. MoggDxOpenNI can capture neck, wrist, upper-body, lower-body, and ankle motion. The site links an English tutorial document and operation tutorial videos. Pricing is listed as a free plan with paid access from 7.99 one-time.