[TUTORIAL] Full Vbridger Setup 2025

[00:00] hi this is light and I'm the riger of

[00:02] the scores premade that we will be

[00:03] releasing soon since this model supports

[00:06] V Bridger we got a bunch of questions

[00:07] all about V Bridger so I'm here to

[00:09] explain as much as I can first of all

[00:11] what is V Bridger V Bridger is a fast

[00:13] tracking plugin for vtu Studio that

[00:15] allows for more accurate face tracking

[00:17] using the iPhone's AR kit tracking it is

[00:19] created by the arton and exerp what do

[00:22] you need for V Brier obviously you will

[00:24] need a model with v Bridger riging V

[00:26] Bridger ATT tracking device like iPhone

[00:29] webcam or Android ATT tracking software

[00:31] like ey facial Mo cap face motion 3D

[00:34] meow face VP Studio Nida tracking or

[00:36] media pipe when you first open a v

[00:39] Bridger via steam you're going to see

[00:40] this little window pop up which can look

[00:43] very confusing at first if you don't

[00:44] know what's going on but setup is

[00:45] actually a lot easier than you might

[00:47] think first you're going to go ahead and

[00:49] select whatever tracking softare you're

[00:50] using for tracking in this case I'm

[00:52] going to use ey facial map with my

[00:54] iPhone next you're going to look for

[00:56] your iPhone IP address usually that can

[00:58] be found in your Wi-Fi settings but in

[01:01] the case of IAL moap it is popping up

[01:03] right after you open I moap simply put

[01:07] the IP address in this little window

[01:08] right here and press connect to phone

[01:11] once you have that connected you will

[01:12] see that the head is now moving in order

[01:15] to connect VB with vtube Studio you need

[01:17] to make sure that you have plugins

[01:18] turned on in vtube studio to check

[01:21] simply go to the

[01:22] settings and the first icon scroll down

[01:26] until you see the vtube studio plugin

[01:28] just make sure that it's turned on once

[01:30] you have confirmed that it is turned on

[01:31] in vtu studio go back to V Brier and

[01:34] click on the little connect button on

[01:35] the bottom right in vtu studio there

[01:38] will now be a little popup window asking

[01:40] for Access simply click

[01:42] allow and boom now you connected with re

[01:45] Bridger if you want to connect with your

[01:47] webcam it's similar setup as the iPhone

[01:49] setup simply choose the tracking serfer

[01:51] you want to use first people will use

[01:53] Nidia tracking click Start and then this

[01:56] window on this little guy will pop up

[01:59] please ignore how laggy it is for me I

[02:01] have a really old webcam that does not

[02:03] track properly

[02:05] okay if you notice that you are looking

[02:07] a little bit to the far right even

[02:09] though you're looking straight ahead

[02:11] click simply calibrate and then boom

[02:13] easy done next up is Media pipe again

[02:18] simply click on the media pipe click

[02:21] Start and then there will also be

[02:23] tracking again same thing if you're

[02:25] looking to the side even though you're

[02:26] looking at the front make sure to just

[02:28] click calibrate

[02:30] only downside to webcam tracking is that

[02:33] um it does not

[02:34] support a separate jaw tracking so you

[02:37] cannot do stuff like um like the doie

[02:40] bird jaw like the shocked face please

[02:43] also ignore how funny the tracking looks

[02:46] right now I'm normally using iPhone the

[02:48] parameters I'm normally using do not

[02:50] work with webcam so I would technically

[02:51] need to go into V studio and adjust them

[02:54] just like with any other model you will

[02:56] need to make sure that the movement fits

[02:58] your own movement the riger will already

[03:01] have the model set up but according to

[03:03] their movement so the way they move may

[03:06] not be the way you move so for V Bridger

[03:08] in this case we will look for those

[03:11] parameters mouth smile mouth open jaw

[03:14] open shr lip press funnel pucker cheek

[03:19] puff I will go over what they do uh one

[03:22] by one first is mouth smile mouth smile

[03:25] is already in the name it tracks your

[03:28] mouth form AKA either smiley face or sad

[03:31] face mouth open is obviously the mouth

[03:34] open like the ah ah ah jaw open is for

[03:39] the jaw tracking also like

[03:42] the the chewing shr is the like a little

[03:47] like a little pouty

[03:48] face where your mouth moves upwards lip

[03:52] press is either like a Tey

[03:54] smile or pressing your lips together

[03:59] funnel is a little o like a little kissy

[04:02] phrase

[04:03] o pucker is again either shrinking your

[04:07] mouth a little together for more kissy

[04:09] or widening your mouth if you

[04:11] smile cheek puff

[04:14] is puffing your

[04:17] cheeks first up mouth smile feel free to

[04:20] copy all of my V settings to see if they

[04:22] work for you in case they don't we will

[04:25] now go over how to adjust them so if you

[04:27] see this and you're wondering what's

[04:29] going on don't worry I will explain so

[04:32] first on the left side you have the

[04:33] input which is the tracking input on the

[04:36] right side you have the output which is

[04:37] the which is the parameter in life 2D

[04:40] the Red Dot over here is the tracking

[04:42] input with a range that we will adjust

[04:44] later on the right side you have the

[04:46] output with the ma maximum and minimum

[04:48] of the life Tod parameter and then we

[04:50] have limit range limit range makes sure

[04:53] that the little red dot does not exceed

[04:55] our input this will cause the value to

[04:58] stop smoothly When approaching the limit

[05:01] then we have smoothing as the name says

[05:03] it will smooth the movement but it will

[05:05] also cause some sort of delay so for

[05:08] example if I now put my smoothing on

[05:10] 100% on my mouth you can see the mouth

[05:13] tracking suddenly becomes lot less

[05:15] accurate and snappy so in case of mouth

[05:18] I like to put it at either zero or one

[05:22] uh one for me personally because I like

[05:24] a little less Snappy M and I like a a

[05:26] little bit of SM like a little bit of

[05:28] like Smooth like transition

[05:31] so for mouth smile you want to start

[05:33] smiling and see what number you hit on

[05:34] the very

[05:35] left in my case it's Z it's 0.95 so I

[05:39] put that in here please note that the

[05:41] higher the number the more work you have

[05:44] to put in with your face in order to

[05:47] smile and the lower the less you have to

[05:50] smile so for example if I were to put it

[05:53] at let's say

[05:55] 0.7 I have to do a lot less work IRL to

[05:58] start smiling

[06:01] and just the slightest smile will

[06:03] trigger to go up and start tracking the

[06:05] full-on

[06:07] smile same we will do for the frowning

[06:10] or like the sad

[06:12] [Music]

[06:15] mouth let's say from

[06:19] 0

[06:25] [Music]

[06:27] 09 that's why I like the it's a bit too

[06:30] extreme for me

[06:33] right I don't like how fast or like how

[06:36] extreme that mouth goes into sad mouth

[06:39] I'm just going to keep it at zero

[06:40] because then I have to I would need to

[06:43] put like a little bit more work in to

[06:44] like start frowning but I like the way

[06:47] it looks for me I just put it at zero

[06:50] again play around with these numbers to

[06:52] see what fits best for

[06:53] you and then I limit my

[06:57] range and then next two mouth open same

[06:59] thing over here I'm going to unlimit

[07:01] these for you first

[07:04] so important thing to know that when you

[07:08] um adjust mouth open you want to make

[07:10] sure that you have the exact same

[07:12] numbers in jaw open that is because jaw

[07:15] open checks separately from the mouth

[07:18] open meaning the mouth open is simply

[07:20] just the movement of the O A going from

[07:24] close to ah open the jaw is like the

[07:27] inner mouth movement so or stuff

[07:31] like the jaw moving up and down so if

[07:34] the numbers don't match you can encou uh

[07:37] encounter something called dislocated

[07:39] jaw where it looks really funny and

[07:42] really weird where your jaw is not

[07:45] moving in line with your act mouth which

[07:48] can look a little bit funny so make sure

[07:51] that if you adjust these that they match

[07:55] again same for open mouth the lower this

[07:57] number is the less work you have to put

[07:59] it into opening your actual mouth please

[08:02] don't put it too low because that can

[08:05] result into some very Snappy mouth

[08:07] movement for example if I were to put at

[08:11] two that goes like this and I don't want

[08:13] this because I still want it to look

[08:15] natural and not like I

[08:16] am going

[08:20] crazy so again just talk normally and

[08:23] see what number you're usually hitting

[08:24] when

[08:25] talking the reason I put this to 0.08 is

[08:29] for the mouth to uh close a little

[08:31] earlier just so I don't have like little

[08:34] cuz I tend to have my mouth open a

[08:36] little bit while thinking working

[08:38] whatever so this is like a little

[08:39] threshold for me where the mouth opens a

[08:41] little H closes a little faster than if

[08:44] I put it on zero I can show you guys

[08:47] what looks like on zero the mouth closes

[08:50] a little bit um later now than what the

[08:53] before and I don't want that personally

[08:56] so I just put it a little bit higher to

[08:58] like 0.08

[09:00] so the mouth closes a little

[09:04] earlier next up is shrug which is again

[09:07] the moving your mouth up like a

[09:11] pout simply again same thing over here

[09:15] check what number you hit when you go

[09:17] [Music]

[09:21] pout

[09:23] around7 we could actually adjust that if

[09:26] you want some Snappy snappier truck I

[09:29] can

[09:30] go and

[09:34] now I go I go

[09:36] Snappy again I personally don't like

[09:39] that I want a less Snappy and more like

[09:42] I put more work to hit the

[09:45] maximum as you can see over here the

[09:46] output I hit the out the maximum output

[09:49] a lot faster if I put it at seven at 7

[09:52] than if I put it at

[09:55] one again personal preference adjust how

[09:58] to your liking

[10:00] lip press lip press is again either the

[10:03] smiley face which is the one up on top

[10:05] the or the on the bottom go smiley face

[10:11] and see what number you're

[10:13] hitting and go and then press your lips

[10:17] together to see what number you're

[10:18] hitting and adjust to your adjust

[10:21] accordingly again I put these at my

[10:23] numbers you go you go you you do you

[10:27] funnel is the little kissy mouth that I

[10:29] like the O sounds

[10:31] o

[10:34] o again same concept here do like a

[10:38] little old

[10:39] face next up is Packer same thing Packer

[10:42] again either widens the mouth and

[10:44] smiling so if I were to put this at the

[10:47] lower number

[10:49] so

[10:51] three my mouth would widen a lot

[10:55] more this only mostly affects when the

[10:58] mouth is closed instead of when the

[10:59] mouth is open uh so yeah uh upper the

[11:03] upper number is for like the widening of

[11:05] the mouth while the lower number is for

[11:07] like the posing together more

[11:11] H and then cheek puff cheek puff as the

[11:14] name says you cheek your you puff your

[11:18] cheeks again check what number you're

[11:20] hitting when you go cheek

[11:25] puff and put it in there something also

[11:28] read in the Twitter comments is that

[11:29] someone adjusted all of the rudo

[11:31] parameters but their mouth still barely

[11:33] moved and there's actually a little

[11:35] small thing for that that could help you

[11:38] that you probably didn't know

[11:40] about so in V Bridger you have this

[11:43] little thing over here says Bridget

[11:45] which is the name of her of the little

[11:47] gorgeous lady over here and then

[11:48] something called safe and load important

[11:52] for us is the load in this case which

[11:54] will open this little

[11:56] folder and also kill our tracking from V

[11:59] Bridger has a bunch of V Bridger presets

[12:02] which affect these things over here so

[12:05] the default will be Advanced AR kit

[12:07] settings V Bridger which is also what

[12:08] I'm using personally again personal

[12:10] preference this is all personal

[12:12] preference but there are a lot more with

[12:14] the newest being a kit version

[12:17] 3.0 these all have different kind of

[12:20] settings and sensitivities so just for

[12:22] example go with the two

[12:25] 2.0 and you can see it's a lot different

[12:28] and a lot like more reactive than the

[12:31] before if it's too reactive just go back

[12:33] to vtube Studio check the settings you

[12:36] need to check all of the settings not

[12:38] just the mouth as you can see the face

[12:39] the entire body is a lot more reactive

[12:42] now to just the smallest movement you

[12:44] will need to go through all of your

[12:45] vtube studio settings and check all the

[12:47] parameters and adjust

[12:49] accordingly if for some reason this is

[12:52] still you're like I still don't like

[12:53] this go back to this um for example try

[12:57] the 3.0

[12:59] and then see if it STS more to your

[13:01] liking again go ahead and adjust

[13:03] everything to your liking and see what

[13:05] works best for you another important

[13:07] thing to add us while setting up your

[13:09] parameters is important puppeteering is

[13:12] just as important you have probably seen

[13:14] it all over Twitter people complaining

[13:16] oh I got V Bridger I got this I got that

[13:19] but it doesn't look good it doesn't look

[13:21] the same as others and that is because

[13:23] you're not moving your face right B

[13:25] Bridger tracking is a lot more sensitive

[13:28] and accurate to your IR tracking than

[13:31] normal tracking as because you have a

[13:33] lot more range of movement now right you

[13:35] have like different facial movements you

[13:38] can do different mouth shapes you can do

[13:40] and those reflect your IRL movement a

[13:42] lot more so it is important to open your

[13:45] mouth exaggerate your mouth movement

[13:48] Unleash Your Inner anime girl and go

[13:51] ham I can only recommend pulling up your

[13:55] V model like a lot and just look look at

[13:59] it talk sing along every musical sing

[14:03] along just move move your mouth you it

[14:06] will be high at first I personally still

[14:09] struggle with it a lot I'm still

[14:11] practicing myself it will hurt your face

[14:15] if you just start doing it but it is so

[14:17] important for a really good looking and

[14:20] great

[14:21] looking great looking facial tracking

[14:25] there are some things that can make

[14:26] tracking a little harder one is

[14:28] excessive facial hair if you have a full

[14:30] beard tracking may not look as good for

[14:32] you as it does with others since the

[14:34] it's hard to track with a beard covering

[14:37] up most of the mouth or just like being

[14:39] in the way another thing I've heard a

[14:41] lot are glasses I myself I wear a

[14:43] glasses IRL I have not encountered any

[14:46] issues so far with for example eye

[14:48] tracking um but that's because I mostly

[14:51] probably in a well L room I have the

[14:54] kind the type of glasses uh where it

[14:56] doesn't reflect the light part um

[14:59] so I personally didn't have any issues

[15:02] so far with that another thing that I've

[15:04] seen a lot is the question where to

[15:06] place your phone so the best placement

[15:09] would technically be straight ahead of

[15:10] you but most of the time that would't

[15:12] work because you have your monitor in

[15:13] front of you probably so the setup of

[15:17] the phone is kind of depends on your own

[15:20] um monitor setup I personally have it a

[15:22] little like below my monitor facing

[15:25] pretty much straight still um at me uh

[15:29] um I've also seen people putting theirs

[15:31] above their monitor face uh like tilted

[15:34] down a little bit uh which I heard can

[15:37] work better for people that have like

[15:40] very pronounced Jaws um so it's

[15:43] basically just a lot of like checking

[15:46] replacing and seeing again what works

[15:48] best for you another thing I saw is um

[15:52] the question on how to keep your phone

[15:54] in the same position and I can highly

[15:57] highly highly highly recommend

[15:59] those phone stands from Amazon I have

[16:02] this one which look a little bunny which

[16:04] I thought was cute even though you

[16:05] cannot even see the bunny ears but any

[16:08] phone stand will do to keep your phone

[16:10] in place again I do recommend one that

[16:13] uh can also like you can tilt your phone

[16:15] maybe like up and down a little and just

[16:17] adjust it a lot more now question is

[16:20] what iPhone is best for tracking iPhone

[16:23] first introduces the whole AI kit and

[16:25] facial ID for the iPhones with the

[16:27] iPhone 10 so yes you can get an iPhone

[16:29] 10 for tracking I don't recommend it

[16:32] though because it it is the first phone

[16:34] of theirs that has that tracking so it's

[16:37] not as good as the newer ones no you

[16:39] don't need to get the new iPhone 2500

[16:42] million Pro Ultra for tracking anything

[16:46] after anything after iPhone 10 like

[16:48] iPhone 11 and upwards will work just

[16:51] fine I myself I'm also using an iPhone

[16:53] 11 just for tracking you also don't need

[16:55] to get a super new iPhone just for

[16:57] tracking if you already have an iPhone

[17:00] you can use that I got myself an iPhone

[17:02] just for the purpose of tracking since I

[17:04] already have a perfectly working phone

[17:06] but it's an Android so I I cannot use

[17:09] that for tracking I did not buy as

[17:12] myself a new phone I got myself a used

[17:15] phone um via refurbished I don't know if

[17:19] if it's global Shipping I know it

[17:22] shipped to Germany which they basically

[17:24] they have old the used phones and then

[17:26] they make them look new and resell them

[17:28] whatever you can also just look on eBay

[17:31] or wherever you can buy used electronics

[17:34] and see what works best uh so you don't

[17:38] need to go out and buy a brand new

[17:40] iPhone for this it can be used if for

[17:44] just if you just using it for tracking

[17:46] it does not need to be brand new I also

[17:48] saw the question if V Bridger works with

[17:50] 3D models and I've read that it does I

[17:53] cannot really talk about it much because

[17:55] I don't have a 3D model or one that

[17:57] supports AI kit or V briger so I would

[18:01] definitely go out and check on YouTube

[18:03] on Reddit or uh anywhere in the internet

[18:07] to see if PE like how to connect it

[18:09] there how to make it work cuz I wish I

[18:11] could show it to you guys but I don't

[18:12] have a 3D model like that if you ran

[18:15] into any problems for troubleshooting I

[18:18] highly highly recommend joining the vber

[18:20] Discord they have a whole section just

[18:23] for traveles shhoting and they're super

[18:24] helpful I've been there before as well

[18:27] because some issues I can highly highly

[18:30] highly recommend going there for

[18:31] troubleshooting if you have any other

[18:33] questions feel free to ask them I will

[18:36] try to answer them if not again the do

[18:38] Discord is always available they're

[18:40] super helpful and I can only recommend

[18:42] that if you guys made it to the end of

[18:43] the video congratulations and thank you

[18:45] so much for watching I hope this little

[18:48] tutorial helped some of you and I wish

[18:50] you guys an amazing day and happy moving