✤MURO Making - VRoid (Part 3)✤

 Hi again everyone!
Today's topic is the third and final part of the VRoid series, VRoid SDK. This is where it gets a bit more technical, so bear with me!

What is VRoid SDK?

So first of all, what is an SDK? SDK stands for 'Software Development Kit' and - like the name implies, it's a bundle of tools meant to help people integrate that person's work into their own programs. Many programs will include an SDK to encourage programmers to integrate their products with other programs. This aspect of VRoid is marketed towards software developers, not necessarily to the entire VRoid user base.

As you can see from the terms to the right, it's a bit intense! Corporate-driven software is often full of hefty legal definitions like this, and it can be very intimidating. But from my experience, many corporations act on a scale of 'vague enough to enforce in fringe cases but truly just focused on common sense rules'. Putting in vague, scary-sounding language about 'content usage' just to explain that they don't want you profiting off of their work.

I do recommend familiarizing yourself with the software terms of the programs you use in your day-to-day! I believe a solid understanding of the framework of digital work like this helps comprehension of why things are created the way they are.

For the most part, a casual user won't need to interact with VRoid SDK personally at all. For aspiring software developers, I think this might be a bit of an intense project. I'm personally an amateur, so I can't call myself an authority on the matter. Trying to interact with real, professionally-done code makes me break out in sweats... but we must be strong! I've refused to put off this post!

I personally feel a bit intimidated by walls of text like this, but I often find when I actually read them they're fairly direct and inoffensive. But because there are many possibilities they have to account for, they have to clarify a lot of things that feel like common sense. A lot of acronyms are just a thing that makes sense shortened down so the document is less exhausting to read. For me, it's helped to imagine a corporate representative trying to draft an acceptable list of terms and use that to figure out why the company does or doesn't allow something, if that makes any sense! I feel my understanding of the rules becomes far more realistic as a result, though that might just be my imagination.

That's all from me today! I'm planning on making more Muro Marching posts soon. I've been exploring virtual spaces while off work and I'm excited to share them! I don't have a good closing image, so I give you a failed project instead - I boldly went to recreate Hatsune Miku... and failed. I believed I was humble! I made her small, with no intricate details! And yet... she was a mess. Such is the life of a 2D artist becoming 3D... at least her concept art is cute!

See ya next time!