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Help i am a newbie in the world of Android App dev

Postby jyambie » Fri Mar 28, 2014 2:56 am

I am currently developing an app that would create a virtual companion for my master thesis that will allow user to talk with a virtual friend when he wants to talk with as a friend.
The objective is to have a companion and can talk with like human.
Can you help me on this matter?
I am a newbie on this kind of app development
Thank you very much.
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Re: Help i am a newbie in the world of Android App dev

Postby joepal » Fri Mar 28, 2014 10:04 pm

Only pointers I have is you have to research whether it's possible to use python, opengl and the combination of the two for producing an android app.

Makehuman is written in python. App development on android is usually made using java.

You are probably asking in the wrong forum. You need someone with expertise in android development to figure out if it's even worth the effort to try to use anything from makehuman on the android platform.
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Re: Help i am a newbie in the world of Android App dev

Postby duststorm » Sat Mar 29, 2014 1:52 am

Why not? Exports using low poly proxy meshes are perfect for creating assets for mobile applications.
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Re: Help i am a newbie in the world of Android App dev

Postby Aironenero » Sun Mar 30, 2014 4:53 pm

You are lucky, im a developer of games for PC and android.
Unfortunately makehuman use a lot of polys, but if you create a very low poly mesh you can use unity engine to easily implemente it in an android app, next you can animate it using per vertex animations. Unity is free to use for creating application for android without the use of post processing and advanced graphic. For other questions, feel free to contact me!
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Re: Help i am a newbie in the world of Android App dev

Postby duststorm » Mon Mar 31, 2014 10:30 am

Aironenero wrote:Unfortunately makehuman use a lot of polys

I assume you have never tried the alternative topologies?
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Re: Help i am a newbie in the world of Android App dev

Postby Aironenero » Mon Mar 31, 2014 6:24 pm

duststorm wrote:
Aironenero wrote:Unfortunately makehuman use a lot of polys

I assume you have never tried the alternative topologies?

Already tried and used as LOD in game. The problem is: androin can't handle over 10.000Poly at 60FPS because of the limited hardware, and not all peoples haves a top gamma phone.
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Re: Help i am a newbie in the world of Android App dev

Postby duststorm » Thu Apr 03, 2014 1:06 pm

Aironenero wrote:Already tried and used as LOD in game. The problem is: androin can't handle over 10.000Poly at 60FPS

Our lowest resolution proxy is 741 quads (1482 quads). That will work even on android devices.
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