How to create a virtual 3D chat avatar on Mozilla Hubs

Ready Player Me is a website to create 3D avatars online based on your face or any, and use in the virtual chat room Mozilla Hubs. Mozilla Hubs is Mozilla's service, creating virtual chat rooms online and interacting through VR glasses. Mozilla Hubs also provides a virtual character for users to choose, but is quite simple. With Ready Player Me, users have more options to create avatars according to their faces, as well as more options. The following article will guide you how to create 3D avatars on Ready Player Me.

Instructions for creating 3D images on Ready Player Me

Step 1:

We access the homepage of Ready Player Me by following the link below. At the first interface click Create Avatar to proceed.

https://readyplayer.me/

Step 2:

You then select the gender to perform. In this interface, users press Take a photo to make a portrait selection.

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To take a picture of your face directly, we allow the site to use the camera, then press the camera to take a picture. Or you can click pick file to select an existing image. Note that photos must be taken clearly, without glasses.

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Step 3:

When Ready Player Me finishes identifying the face, it will display the 3D avatar. Then we proceed to retouch the face, adding other details if desired. If finished editing, click the checkmark in the top right corner.

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Step 4:

Now we will see the link of the avatar and instructions for changing avatars on Mozilla Hubs. You copy the link and follow.

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Step 5:

Access the Mozilla Hub virtual room by following the link below and click Create a room to create a room.

https://hubs.mozilla.com

If there is a VR headset, we connect to join the virtual room, if not, then chat by text message. In the room interface, click the 3 dash icon , select Set name & avatar> Browse avatars> Avatar GLB URL and paste the link of the Ready Player Me avatar. 

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Finally click Accept to save the new avatar.

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