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Show HN: I built an app that lets you create and chat with 3D AI characters
Hello everyone! I'm excited to announce the launch of Astrocyte, a web app that allows you to create and interact with 3D AI characters.
Whether it's video game heroes, anime characters, political figures, or even that obscure NPC from your favorite RPG, you can bring them to life and have a chat with them on Astrocyte!
Many users have already begun crafting their own characters on Astrocyte, and the conversations have been incredibly entertaining. I would be thrilled if you could give it a try and share your honest feedback. Thank you!
- dutchbrit 3y agoFlagging as it contains nudity.
- frank_grimes_sr 3y agoApologies, I should have seen that coming and implemented some moderation.
- est 3y agoRequires sign-in.
- frank_grimes_sr 3y agoyep sorry about that, that's to avoid spam bankrupting me on the backend costs.
- mikercampbell 3y agoI don’t think it’s a bad thing. Keep the sign-in! But also a demo would be cool!!
- frank_grimes_sr 3y agoI built a Twitch bot hooked up to one of the avatars, you can try it without signing up (as long as you already have a Twitch account): https://www.twitch.tv/heyastrocyte https://www.twitch.tv/heyastrocyte The idea is basically an AI twitch streamer, you talk in chat and they respond. In this case it's AI Naruto! Thanks for the feedback! I'll put together a short demo as well.
- fartcanister 3y agoEven a short YouTube video will be enough.
- pavlov 3y agoOut of curiosity, how much is a HN front page appearance costing you on the back-end? If you’re willing to share of course. I think many HN readers would be interested to know how “kicking the tires” traffic on an AI product like this compares to a traditional web app cost wise.
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- jsnk 3y agoFantastic work. I am looking forward to something like this being adopted in games. Things are moving at a dizzying pace. I've been in tech for over 10 years, and went through many fads and trends, and had no problem keeping up. LLM is challenging my comfort zone in an exciting way and I can't wait for the future.
- frank_grimes_sr 3y agoThank you so much! Yup, things are moving quickly
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- egman_ekki 3y agoPretty cool, but it stopped responding after 3-4 questions. Also, removing the text from the input after submit would be nice so that user doesn't have to erase it before typing the next prompt. Good luck!
- frank_grimes_sr 3y agoYep, ran into some rate limits lol, fun stuff. Should be fixed now. Sorry about that. And thank you so much for the feedback, that should be a quick fix!
- jimmySixDOF 3y agoVRM supported ? Are there docs if I sign in ?
- frank_grimes_sr 3y agoVRM is supported. My apologies, no docs yet, just launched, but will plan on adding docs.
- mousepad12 3y agoWhich model does it use on the backend? How does it differ from character.ai or sillytavern+model of your choice?
- anoy8888 3y agoAny open source alternative for building AI 3D avators and mouth movements and perhaps gesture and body movements
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- GeraltRivers 3y agoI have open sourced a project where you can interact with 3D AI avatars - with gesture, body movements, mouth movements and text to speech: https://github.com/jongomez/gpthangout https://github.com/jongomez/gpthangout It should be relatively easy to create models in blender and then use them there. Also, if anyone wishes to use VRM models on the project - should be as simple as importing those models in blender, and then export them as a .glb file. I created a branch recently with some minor code changes to support this: https://github.com/jongomez/gpthangout/tree/glb-models https://github.com/jongomez/gpthangout/tree/glb-models
- hathym 3y ago- close your eyes. - As a virtual avatar, I don't have physical eyes to close. But I can assure you that I am fully present and engaged in our conversation. How can I assist you today?
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- RugnirViking 3y agoPretty neat. Sidney's arms clip into her coat. I'd love to be able to see a log of what I said as well as them
- Conasg 3y agoWord of warning: I clicked on this, and the first page had a pair of exposed breasts. Might not be ideal to open this at work.
- frank_grimes_sr 3y agoMy apologies. Went to sleep and woke up to those new characters, changed the photos right away.
- vegancap 3y agoI see someone's already created a topless girlfriend on there... might want to moderate the content, can see this appealing to the depths of male desperation otherwise
- frank_grimes_sr 3y agoMy apologies, yeah, starting to moderate the content.
- Utkarsh_Mood 3y agosuper cool! what model are you using for this?