Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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In this video we create a Unity character using the free Unity Multipurpose Avatar (UMA) system and then make it talk with Salsa Lip Sync. The end result is a lifelike animated avatar that will sync to audio files. It can also be made to sync to a live microphone or process text files using text to speech, no need to wait for those voice actors to finish their work.

00:00 Intro - a short poetry reading
00::48 Assets used in this video: bit.ly/UnityVideoAvatar
01:14 Create the UMA character
04:10 Setup Salsa Lip Sync and the UMA integration
05:58 Change the voiced file, base animations
07:40 Make Avatar look at the camera
08:13 Outro

Let me know in the comments if you'd like to see videos on how to do more with these avatars. What do you want to achieve?

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