While many have described Viggle as a “funny dance meme app,” the team has quietly reinvented itself, and the results have been surprisingly powerful.
they launched Pinnock. (probably short for something we’ll talk about later), a new 3D Studio feature that turns casual character videos into professional motion capture data.
structure
Upload a video of a person (or character) performing some action. Viggle’s neural motion capture system extracts motion and outputs fully rigged skeletal animation. FBX or G.L.B. format. These files are dropped directly into Blender, Maya, Unreal Engine, or Unity with minimal cleanup.
This isn’t just a 2D to 3D gimmick. This is a proper neuromocap aimed at actual 3D creators.
Photo → Gauss Preview
The second even cooler (and slightly more disturbing) feature is that when you upload a single photo of your character, Viggle generates a short animated preview using: 3D Gaussian Splatting. The result is a voluminous, floating, and somewhat ghostly version of the character performing the motions. It’s trippy and a little spooky, but incredibly fast for previsualization.
accessibility
You can also use Log in as a guest — You don’t need an account to test the waters. That’s a really generous number for 2026.
Check here:
→ https://viggle.ai/3d-studio/landing
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The quality is still not perfect (especially for complex movements or loose clothing), but it’s really impressive for a free tool that spits out usable FBX/GLB files in minutes.
If you’re a 3D animator, an indie game developer, or just someone who loves playing with motion, it’s worth checking out now. The Gauss Preview alone is worth a visit for the “what the hell did I just see?” factor.
Vigur isn’t dead. It just grew.
