Cartwheel is a text-to-animation platform that enables users to create editable character animations for various applications, including video games, film, and advertising, by simply typing commands. This technology significantly reduces the time required for animation production, allowing creators to generate high-quality animations quickly and integrate them into popular 3D software and game engines.
Funding
$14.4M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Problem
Creating character animations for video games, film, advertising, and other applications is a time-consuming process, often requiring specialized skills and resources. Traditional animation workflows can be a bottleneck, delaying project timelines and increasing production costs.
Solution
Cartwheel is a text-to-animation platform that enables users to generate editable character animations by simply typing commands. This technology streamlines the animation production process, allowing creators to quickly produce high-quality animations suitable for integration into popular 3D software and game engines. Users can generate complete character animations from text prompts, then refine them in 3D editors. The platform supports various applications, including video games, film, advertising, social media, and AR/VR projects.
Target Audience
Cartwheel is designed for video game developers, filmmakers, advertisers, social media content creators, and AR/VR developers who need to quickly generate character animations.
Features
- Text-based animation generation: Create character animations by typing commands.
- Editable animations: Exported animations can be further refined in 3D editing software.
- Broad software compatibility: Supports Maya, Blender, Cinema 4D, 3DS Max, Houdini, Unreal Engine, Unity, Godot, and O3DE.
- Motion capture generation: Create animations based on motion capture data.
- Customizable animation parameters: Stylize, slow down, or speed up animations.
- Fully rigged motions on export: Animations are exported with complete rigging for easy integration.
- Mobile browser accessibility: Animate characters from any location using a mobile browser.