AVATAR: Blender add-on for fast creation of 3D human models

TL;DR

This paper introduces AVATAR, a Blender add-on that simplifies the creation and animation of realistic 3D human models, making it accessible for developers, researchers, and industry professionals with minimal effort.

Contribution

The paper presents a new Blender add-on that streamlines the process of creating and animating detailed 3D human models, integrating Makehuman for quick customization.

Findings

Enables rapid creation of 3D human models with minimal clicks.

Allows easy integration of custom animations via Python scripts.

Facilitates dataset generation for neural network training.

Abstract

Create an articulated and realistic human 3D model is a complicated task, not only get a model with the right body proportions but also to the whole process of rigging the model with correct articulation points and vertices weights. Having a tool that can create such a model with just a few clicks will be very advantageous for amateurs developers to use in their projects, researchers to easily generate datasets to train neural networks and industry for game development. We present a software that is integrated in Blender in form of add-on that allows us to design and animate a dressed 3D human models based on Makehuman with just a few clicks. Moreover, as it is already integrated in Blender, python scripts can be created to animate, render and further customize the current available options.