3D Avatar and Environment Artist (XR Focus)

Key Responsibilities :

• Design, model, rig, and animate 3D avatars suitable for integration with RealityKit, Unity, and other XR platforms.
• Develop realistic and expressive facial animations with precise lip sync using blend shapes and visemes.
• Create smooth and natural body animations including postures, hand gestures, shoulder movements, and other expressive motions.
• Create natural environments like internal meeting rooms, aircraft interior with proper lightings and setup.
• Handling proper lighting and shadows for the environments and the avatars
• Collaborate with XR developers to ensure animations integrate seamlessly with speech inputs and AI-driven avatar interactions.
• Optimize 3D assets and animations for performance on mobile XR devices without compromising quality.
• Utilize Blender for creating, editing, and refining animations;

leverage other tools asnecessary to enhance the workflow.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

experience with 3ds maxis a must. Experience with other tools such as Maya, or MotionBuilder is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications :

Tools & Technologies :

3D Software : Blender (primary), Maya, 3ds Max, MotionBuilder

XR Platforms : RealityKit, Unity

File Formats : FBX, USDZ, OBJ

Other Tools : Substance Painter (optional), ZBrush (optional), Git (for asset versioning)