The Lightning Artist Toolkit (Latk) provides a complete pipeline for hand-drawn volumetric animation—a common exchange file format, a set of ML models, and plugins to integrate 3D drawings into a wide range of XR projects. Readable in any popular 3D graphics application and ready to use in real-world production scenarios, Latk's goal is to make creation in 3D as expressive and intuitive as drawing in 2D.
A note about the name: early animators like Winsor McCay first created their work for a live audience in vaudeville halls—and they were billed as
App store demos:
- SideQuest (Quest)
- Apple App Store (iOS)
- Google Play (Android)
- Steam (Vive)
- JavaScript (+ [ npm install latk ])
- openFrameworks (+ ofxaddons.com)
- Processing (+ Contribution Manager)
- Python (+ [ pip install latk ])
- Blender
- Houdini
- Maya / Paint Effects (read)
- Latk-video, web point cloud streaming
- Sketchingpy
- Blender
- Unity (+ OpenUPM)
- Unreal (read)
- AltspaceVR (deprecated)
- ARCore, ARKit
- Azure Kinect
- Google Cardboard, Tango, Lenovo Mirage
- HoloLens
- Kinect
- Leap Motion (stylus mode)
- Magic Leap (deprecated)
- Orbbec Persee
- Razer Hydra
- Tilt Five
- Vive, Vive Pro + SRWorks, Vive XR
- Wacom
- Windows Mixed Reality
- After Effects JSX (write)
- ASC point cloud
- Corel Painter script
- Graffiti Markup Language / GML
- NormanVR
- Quill (read)
- SculptrVR CSV
- Sketchfab FBX sequence (write)
- SVG SMIL animation (write)
- Open Brush / Tilt Brush (read)
- Unreal XYZ point cloud (write)
- VRDoodler
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