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AI Avatar v2 with Pose Editor (VS Code Extension)πŸ•Ί

Web Developer Hyper on March 23, 2026

Update (2026/03/28): Added AI Avatar CodePen Demo Intro I am happy to announce that I have released version 2 of the AI Avatar!πŸŽ‰ The AI...
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Victor Okefie

The pose editor is the honest fix. You wanted AI to generate animations directly, but when it kept creating zombie poses, you built the tool that actually works instead of forcing the broken pipeline. That's building with the material you have, not the one you wish you had.

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Web Developer Hyper

Thank you for your comment! πŸ˜€ Yes, the Pose Editor is one of the highlights of version 2. But I still want to make an AI screenshot animation generator that doesn’t create zombie-like poses in the future, if I find a way. πŸ˜…

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Daniel Balcarek • Edited

This is a really fun idea, no more lonely devs! πŸ˜„ The pose editor is a great addition. I’m curious how far you plan to push animations in future versions. Nice work!

I’ve really enjoyed collaborating with you. I’ve only contributed a few small additions so far, but it’s been a great experience working with such a great CEO πŸ˜„

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Web Developer Hyper

Thank you! 😺 My mission is to make more developers happy by providing an AI avatar. 🫑 This plan depends on our super CTO, @gramli! πŸ˜†

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Aryan Choudhary

WOAHHHH!!! This is so cool!!! This will definitely be very useful for out own collab project as well... Damn, you're really smart.
Speaking of the collab project, I wanted to say that the last few weeks have been a bit difficult managing and juggling a lot of tasks together, but I'll do my best and see to it that I don't hinder the amazing progress we've made on our project. Let's do our best and make it really fun!
And also thank you for sticking around through all this, I am really grateful from the bottom of my heart.

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Web Developer Hyper

Thank you! πŸ˜„ Yes, we can use AI Avatar to make our project even better. I'm already working on AI Avatar v5. Take your time, and let's make our project even more fun!

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Benjamin Nguyen

Great job buddy! Don't give up on the AI avatar. Welcome to the club! I prefer to use google colab than jupyter notebook.

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Web Developer Hyper

Thank you for checking! πŸ˜€ Yes, I want to add more AI features. I might create a function where users can set an AI API key and the AI does something fun.

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Benjamin Nguyen

Great idea! I hadn’t even considered a project like that :).

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Web Developer Hyper

I wonder if I can use Claude Code itself for a new AI feature. In that case, I wouldn’t need an API key, but maybe that’s not possible. πŸ€”

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Benjamin Nguyen

That is good question! I am not 100% sure.

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Farrukh Tariq

This is such a fun upgradeβ€”love the pose editor idea, it makes the avatar feel way more alive and customizable! πŸš€

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Thank you for your comment! πŸ˜„ I would love to add an AI screenshot animation generator or a timeline animation editor if possible, and make the AI Avatar more lively! πŸ’ƒ

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Marina Eremina

It’s amazing how you never run out of ideas! My favorite is still the Gold Fountain, the Mega Bazooka version πŸ”₯

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Web Developer Hyper

Thank you! The Gold Fountain with Mega Bazooka has gotten the most likes so far, but I'm trying to make AI Avatar exceed that record. Maybe I should add a fountain or something in the next update. πŸͺ™πŸͺ™πŸͺ™

I'm looking forward to your next post too!πŸ˜„

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Tijmen de Jong πŸ’»πŸš€

Whats the engine behind it?

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Web Developer Hyper

Thank you for checking!πŸ˜€ This extension has structure as follows.

  • Backend (extension host) β†’ Node.js β€” watches files, handles commands, communicates with VS Code API
  • Frontend (webview) β†’ Chromium β€” renders Three.js + VRM character, handles UI