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Some software programs are able to create animated avatars by combining the Live2D system with real-time motion capture and computer-generated imagery, including: provides its software and SDKs under both commercial licenses and as freeware. Following this success, in 2014 Cyber Noise subsequently renamed itself to Live2D Ltd.
It subsequently received interest as a library for Android and iOS.
In 2011, Live2D software received attention after its use in the PSP game Ore no Imōto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai Portable.
Because of its novelty and lack of uptake, Cyber Noise was unsuccessful. Software developer Tetsuya Nakashiro had been independently developing Live2D software, and founded the company Cyber Noise (てサイバーノイズ) in 2006 with support from the Exploratory IT Human Resources Project of the Japanese Information Technology Promotion Agency (IPA). Well-known examples of Live2D media and software include FaceRig, Nekopara, Azur Lane, and virtual YouTubers (as popularized by Nijisanji and Hololive).
Live2D has been used in a wide variety of video games, visual novels, virtual YouTuber channels, and other media. Live2D can be used with motion capture to track movements and perform lip syncing for real-time applications such as vtubing. Live2D characters consist of layered parts, such as eyes, mouths, and arms, that are rigged to a skeleton to form a whole animated character.
Live2D is also the name of the eponymous animation software series employing the technique, created by Japanese programmer Tetsuya Nakajo. Live2D is the technique of generating 2D animations, usually anime-style characters, using layered, continuous parts based on an illustration, without the need of frame-by-frame animation or a 3D model.