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AI Avatar is a free app where your VRoid (VRM) avatar cheers you with all its might.๐ค It lives in your VS Code sidebar (reacts to ...
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Even a desktop app? Itโs getting really big! ๐ฎ Now the only thing missing is a mobile app. ๐
Thank you for your idea! ๐ Yes, I thought about releasing mobile apps before. But releasing an Android app requires testers, and an iPhone app costs a lot, so I gave up. But if by any chance, AI Avatar becomes a big hit, I would love to release them too. ๐ฑ
I know the cost problem with iPhone apps, it stopped me a few times too. ๐ But I understand why Apple does it. What do you mean by the Android app needing testers?
BTW, it just came to my mind that this app actually connects a lot of community members, which I think is one of the core ideas behind DEV communities and you did a great job with it. ๐๏ธ I think it deserves a precious Gem! ๐ My precious... ๐๐
An Android app needs 12 testers to test it for 14 days before release. This is quite challenging, and I gave up in an instant. ๐คฃ
Thank you for the gem. I got a new gem badge. ๐ Yes, AI Avatar is supported by many DEV Community friends like you. Thank you for your continued support! ๐
This is such a fun update! ๐ And thank you so much for the mention! I definitely wasn't expecting my love for gardening to end up as a whole voxel flower garden. I really like the idea of connecting the idle-game concept with Claude Code and letting the garden grow while you work. The Notification Avatar is a really nice addition too. It's really nice to see how much AI Avatar has grown with each version.
Thank you! Without your post, I would not have come up with the gardening idea. Gardening seems perfect for an idle game and has a relaxing effect. Please stay tuned to see how the garden grows in future updates! ๐น๐ท๐ป
Nice update๐ The desktop app gives AI โโAvatar much more freedom and expanded capabilities, so it becomes more powerful๐ช
Thank you for checking! ๐ Yes, a desktop app can do different things from VS Code and Chrome extensions. So I would like to try new things to make the most of a desktop app.
Desktop app wow ๐ฎ I didnโt expect this! The avatar living outside the VS Code/browser side panel is such a cool idea ๐
Thank you for your comment! ๐ Yes, a desktop app can do things that VS Code and Chrome extensions cannot do. So I am thinking of making spin-off desktop apps to make the AI Avatar world wider. ๐
Cool โค๏ธ you are so creative!! ๐
Thank you for your comment! I would love to make more creative and fun things in the future! ๐
Awesome, thank you for the shout out! You are doing great things with this project!
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Thank you! I still love your CatBot. Magnificent design! ๐บ
Wowww this has really come a long way from where it started WDH!!! Proud to see the progress! Keep building and keep learning!
Again thank you for the mention hahaha๐ญ
Thank you for your comment! ๐ญ Yes, it's been a while since the avatar project started. But there are still many more things I want to build and learn! โ๏ธ
The part about AI failing at 3D flower geometry tracks with my experience โ LLMs are terrible at translating spatial reasoning into Three.js code. I spent 4 hours once trying to get an AI to generate a proper torus knot and ended up writing the vertex math myself. The voxel garden approach is smart though, since boxes are the one shape AI can reliably produce.
Thank you for your comment! ๐ Yes, normal AI was not so good at making 3D objects as I was expecting.
I would like to try the latest AI like "Astra" that is good at 3D, or 3D-specific AI like "Tripo" if I have a chance and find a better way to create 3D objects easily.
๐ง ๏ผจ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๐๐ญ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ฝ๏ผ๏ผ๏ผ ๐
๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ธ๐ง๐ฎ๐ต ๐๐ช๐ป๐ญ๐ฎ๐ท ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ผ: The cozy flower-growing idle mode is pure genius! Fighting Three.js for custom 3D petals sounds like an epic coding quest though! ๐ท๐
๐ฑ๏ธ ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐๐พ๐ฝ: The Electron desktop app and Cursor Avatar stepping outside the side panel? Absolute game-changers!
โก ๐ข๐ถ๐ช๐ป๐ฝ ๐ค๐น๐ฐ๐ป๐ช๐ญ๐ฎ๐ผ: Piper TTS for smoother speech and those Notification Hooks for Claude Code are super handy.
โจ ๐๐ช๐ท'๐ฝ ๐๐ช๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฎ ๐๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ธ๐ด ๐พ๐น ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ป ๐ฟ21! ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐น ๐ป๐ธ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฒ๐ท๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ฝ! ๐โจ
Thank you for your comment! Haha! ๐คฃ Your font is unique and fashionable! I've never seen such a style.
really wow, man! you are really getting good with the avatar :)
Thank you for checking out AI Avatar! ๐ I will keep using avatars and making fun things!
Nice