{"id":9490,"date":"2024-11-18T17:11:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T17:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/?p=9490"},"modified":"2024-11-18T17:11:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T17:11:32","slug":"how-tall-are-the-imvu-avatars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/how-tall-are-the-imvu-avatars\/","title":{"rendered":"How Tall Are The IMVU Avatars?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a09a7e2a8243\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a09a7e2a8243\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/how-tall-are-the-imvu-avatars\/#original-avatars\" >Original Avatars<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/how-tall-are-the-imvu-avatars\/#toolkit-avatars\" >Toolkit Avatars<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/how-tall-are-the-imvu-avatars\/#units-of-measurement\" >Units of Measurement<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/how-tall-are-the-imvu-avatars\/#content-scale\" >Content Scale<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"original-avatars\"><\/span>Original Avatars<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The original avatars for IMVU were made in 3DS Max 20 years ago without any particular heed to real world scaling. This meant that although all the parts are proportioned relative to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/imvu-starter-files\/\">original &#8216;bobblehead&#8217; toon styling<\/a>, their height doesn&#8217;t bare any resemblance to reality so, opened into 3DS Max, the original IMVU avatar references stand approximately <strong>1150 metres<\/strong> tall <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/community\/index.php?topic=798.0\" target=\"_blank\">from their point of origin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Design note<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/imvu-studio-toolkit\/\">IMVU Studio Toolkit<\/a> tutorials (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/poses\/\">poses<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/clothing\/\">clothing<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/furniture\/\">furniture<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/accessory\/\">accessories<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/rooms\/\">rooms<\/a> etc.).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"toolkit-avatars\"><\/span>Toolkit Avatars<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>With the introduction of IMVU&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/imvu-studio-toolkit\/\">Toolkit for Studio<\/a>, the avatar references have been adjusted and, while still relatively large, are scaled in proportion to IMVU itself, which otherwise rescales assets during import to match the system. Compared to the original raw avatar assets, in the Toolkit avatars stand approximately <strong>11.5 metres<\/strong> tall from their root.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color: #fc0; color: #000;\"><p><strong>Important<\/strong>: DO NOT rescale or alter the avatars beyond their functionality as described by the tool they belong to as this will break the project on import into IMVU.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/avatar-scale-toolkit.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/avatar-scale-toolkit.jpg\" alt=\"IMVU Toolkit avatars\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>The avatars loaded when using the Toolkit for IMVU are scaled relative to correct export, making them around 100x smaller than the original, raw, reference files (do not rescale).<\/i><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"units-of-measurement\"><\/span>Units of Measurement<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The <strong>Unit of Measurement<\/strong> for IMVU is <strong>metres<\/strong> (meters) &#8211; <strong><em>Scene Properties \u00bb Units \u00bb Units System<\/em><\/strong> [1] &#8211; but as outlined above, neither avatar stands correctly scaled in relation to that, metres, in any realistic sense. In other words, both male and female avatar are the same height by default, but scaled relative to themselves rather than corresponding to any real world representation of size.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Design note<\/strong>: the average height of an in real-life human male and female varies depending on location; for women it&#8217;s roughly between 5&#8242; (Pacific Asia) and 5&#8242; 8&#8243; (Northern Europe), for men it&#8217;s between 5&#8242; 5&#8243; (Pacific Asia) and 5&#8242; 10&#8243; (Northern Europe). IMVU does not reflect this difference for sake of optimising the asset pipeline; both avatars use the same underlying skeleton so the same pose, for example, can be used to animation of pose both.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/avatar-scale-units.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/avatar-scale-units.jpg\" alt=\"IMVU Units of measurement\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>Both avatars are the same size and use the same underlying unit of measurement, metres [1], ensuring the same pose or animation works uniformly between the two.<\/i><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"content-scale\"><\/span>Content Scale<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>When making content for IMVU although the base unit of measurement is metres, this should be thought of in relation to a grid or increments that can be snapped to rather than strict units for measuring something. In other works, content should be make using the avatars as the base objects for scaling, the average bed for example, might be built long enough to accommodate the avatar stretching their arms above their heads. Similarly for a doorway, the avatar might stand arms above head holding the framing around said door.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/avatar-scale-bed.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/avatar-scale-bed.jpg\" alt=\"Bed scaled to fit avatar\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/avatar-scale-seats.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/images\/tutorials\/imvu\/avatar-scale-seats.jpg\" alt=\"Seating scaled to fit avatar\" width=\"900px\" height=\"500px\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<i>A bed is typically scaled\/sized relative to the avatar being able to stretch their arms above their heads and be supported, whereas seating should be scaled relative to the seated avatar (notwithstanding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/tag\/avatar-poses\/\">custom avatar poses<\/a>).<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,37,230],"tags":[549,194,738,835,208,399,286,393],"class_list":["post-9490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blender","category-imvu","category-tutorials","tag-avatars","tag-imvu","tag-imvu-studio","tag-imvu-studio-toolkit","tag-scale","tag-unit-scale","tag-units","tag-units-of-measurement"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9490"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9507,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9490\/revisions\/9507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katsbits.com\/codex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}