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Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · 15h

Poiyomi Toon Shader!

Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · 18h

Adding some extra stuff too!

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Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · 1d

I'll have to take a look at it, i've heard good things about winboat.

Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · 2d

At this point I've basically moved completely to Linux, I just need windows for one thing only.

I'm quite happy about it, I was quite scared to at first, but I am happy I made the jump!

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Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · 3d

Avatar world now updated as well!

vrchat.com/home/launch?...

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Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · 5d

I will FOR SURE be selling this mod to people who own the Lumistera when i'm finished with it, but there are still some things to do and fix, I know I've been saying this about the Novabeast edit, but this edit i'd say is a lot more polished.

It's not done, but it's enough for a public avatar.

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Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · 5d

New public VRC avatar balloon modification!

A WIP balloonie modification of the Lumistera!

I was given permission to make a public version of this!

vrchat.com/home/avatar/...

Balloonie Lumistera Public by ModernBalloonie

Original Avatar by CorvidCurse Balloonie Edits by ModernBalloonie I'm going to be selling this edit to people to own the Lumistera soonǃ

vrchat.com

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Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · 25d

Forgot to mention Wivrn!

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Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · 25d

If you're wondering: i'm using Envision, An experimental version of xriser that supports FBT, Motoc for playspace calibration, and it just works.

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Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · 25d

VR on linux with full body tracking, face tracking, and not even using SteamVR! It took a bit but it just works! (Mostly)

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Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · 27d

Been daily driving linux for the past 4 days, it's been pretty interesting.

I got VR set up with full body tracking, and face tracking using Envision and some other things. It was a lot easier than expected.

It surprises me that VR even works on Linux at all to this extent.

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Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · Sep 11

I'm in the process of trying to get acclimated with Linux in a VM and I discovered KDE's wobbly windows.

I learned rapidly that it was a mistake for me to discover wobbly windows. If you know, you know.

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Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · Sep 6

Like, I've learned so much stuff over the years, I didn't expect it to turn into VR teaching me programming, vector math, all that crap, it's kind of insane how originally it came from weird interests, but turned into... this somehow.

Like, what?

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Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · Sep 6

I honestly feel like I'm different than a lot of people in the social VR space, probably why resonite appeals so much to me, and why I'm not in VRC as much.

It feels like VR has become my... canvas in a way.

Originally it was "oh I want to be a balloon" but now it became more than that.

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Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · Aug 30

Had a friend who jokingly said something along the lines of "Hey what if you could make Marble Blast Ultra in Resonite."

I don't think they expected me to take it as a fun challenge.

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Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · Aug 26

The splittening

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Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · Aug 25

I was looking back through my VR videos that i've recorded, and this is one of the best VRchat clips I have lol.

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Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · Aug 24

Mostly what I want to do is update it to the new version of the novabeast, that's the main thing.

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Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · Aug 24

Honestly i've just been so busy with other things, but I really want to get around to finally doing this thing that I should of done a long time ago ever since making it public, but I just want it to be perfect, you know? I just hope people like my work enough to want to use it.

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Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · Aug 24

So i'm thinking of releasing my balloonie novabeast modification soon, I fixed a bunch of things with it, but it's using an old version of the novabeast. I'm probably going to try to update it to the new version of the novabeast though, and add some more bones.

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Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · Aug 19

I've been testing this for the last 3 or 4 weeks and it really is a major improvement.

It's an awesome performance update, It runs so much better than what it used to be.

Way less freezes, lots more frames, able to have lots of people in a session, yeah this is what I was excited for.

Resonite @resonite.com · Aug 19

It's finally here!!! The Splittening is coming to the main branch this Wednesday, August 20th!

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Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · Aug 9

To celebrate, I made the non-binary stick.

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Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · Aug 8

So, I've realized, and I'm making it official.

I'm non binary, feminine leaning, but non binary.

I dont think this surprises anyone, lol.

Pronouns don't matter to me all that much, but I feel so much better not being in the binary gender role. It feels more correct.

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Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · Aug 7

Getting the Resonite version going and...

Yeah, this avatar is actually just as complicated in VRC. The pain I go through for round creatures...

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Modern @modernballoonie.bsky.social · Aug 6

So, I made a little update to the public balloonie novabeast edit.

Finally updated it with the FBT spine fix, hand gestures and an experimental leg fix! I may still tweak the leg fix though.

I also added hue shifting to the android version and added a additive matcap.

vrchat.com/home/avatar/...

Balloonie Novabeast WORK IN PROGRESS by ModernBalloonie

THIS AVATAR IS A WORK IN PROGRESSǃ Inflatable stuff by ModernBalloonie‚ Face Tracking blendshapes by Ryuvi․

vrchat.com

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