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Create a Character Configurator Screen with Three.js and React Three Fiber

Overview

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a character configurator screen using Three.js and React Three Fiber. Character customization is a crucial feature in modern games and applications, allowing users to personalize their avatars with different colors, expressions, and accessories.

Why Character Customization Matters

Customizing a character's appearance is a key aspect of user engagement in games, virtual experiences, and even e-commerce applications. Whether you're developing a game where players design their own avatars or an online store that lets customers preview different clothing styles, a smooth and interactive character configurator can make a big difference.

Insights and Skills

By the end of this tutorial, you’ll know how to:

• Animate the camera smoothly to different positions based on user interactions.

• Change the colors of different parts of the character model dynamically.

• Modify facial expressions using morph targets.

• Take a screenshot of the configured character within the Three.js scene.

Tech Stack

• React Three Fiber

• Three.js

• Drei

• Mixamo

• Mantine

Code links

• Starter Pack 🔗

• Final result 🔗

• Source code 🔗

Resources

• React Three Fiber documentation

• R3F Drei

• Unity Asset Store

• Create your React App in a minute with Vite

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