{"id":236049,"date":"2026-04-28T02:02:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/virtucamera-2-has-arrived"},"modified":"2026-04-28T02:02:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:02:47","slug":"virtucamera-2-has-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/virtucamera-2-has-arrived","title":{"rendered":"VirtuCamera 2 Has Arrived"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/virtucamera-2-has-arrived.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been a very long time, but the wait is finally over. If you\u2019re not familiar with it, <a href=\"https:\/\/80.lv\/articles\/real-time-camera-motion-capture-app-for-iphone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VirtuCamera<\/a> by The Weird Byte is a real-time camera motion capture mobile app, originally released in 2021. It now returns with its biggest update yet, featuring a full-screen viewport, a redesigned user interface, and, most importantly, support for Android, as well as compatibility with newer versions of Blender, Cinema 4D, Maya, 3ds Max, and Houdini.<\/p>\n<p>You can now use it with <a href=\"https:\/\/80.lv\/articles\/blender-5-1-now-available\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blender 5.1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/80.lv\/articles\/blender-5-0-has-arrived\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5.0<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/80.lv\/articles\/blender-4-5-lts-launches-today-changes-improvements-new-features\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LTS 4.5<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/80.lv\/articles\/autodesk-released-maya-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maya<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/80.lv\/articles\/autodesk-launched-3ds-max-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3ds Max<\/a> 2026 and <a href=\"https:\/\/80.lv\/articles\/autodesk-rolls-out-tons-of-updates-for-maya-3ds-max-flow-studio-and-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2027<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/80.lv\/articles\/houdini-21-has-been-released-here-s-what-s-new\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houdini 21<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/80.lv\/articles\/zbrush-redshift-cinema-4d-get-updated-to-version-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cinema 4D 2026<\/a>. On top of that, you can also build your own integration using the PyVirtuCamera Python API.<\/p>\n<p>More features are also planned for the near future, including joystick support, custom script handling, and slider presets for commonly used values. Support for Unreal and Unity is \u201cdefinitely possible\u201d, according to the developers, \u201cit depends on demand, how the app evolves, and where we focus next\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a very long time, but the wait is finally over. If you\u2019re not familiar with it, VirtuCamera by The Weird Byte is a real-time camera motion capture mobile app, originally released in 2021. It now returns with its biggest update yet, featuring a full-screen viewport, a redesigned user interface, and, most importantly, support [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1509,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}