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Amica

Amica is an open-source interface for interactive conversations with customizable 3D characters, combining voice synthesis and speech recognition with configurable AI chat backends. Its documented options include importing VRM characters, adjusting voices and producing responses with emotional expressions.

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Understand the project

Practical overview

When it fits

Use Amica when the conversational character and spoken interaction are central to the experience, or when building and configuring that kind of interface.

Who it is for

  • People who want to interact with an AI through a customizable 3D character.
  • Developers configuring a character interface with chat, speech or vision components.

Documented uses

  • Hold spoken conversations with a 3D character.
  • Customize a character by importing a VRM file and adjusting its voice.
  • Connect the interface to a selected chat backend and configure text-to-speech options.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The README says Amica can be tried on mobile, tablet or desktop. Local development requires installing the project packages; using OpenRouter as the chat backend requires an API key.

  • Amica is the character interface; chat, speech, voice activity detection and 3D rendering are supplied by configurable technologies.
  • The README documents multiple chat and text-to-speech choices rather than requiring one named provider.
  • Local web development uses npm scripts, while desktop application development uses Tauri.
  • Most of the project is MIT-licensed, but 3D models and images follow their authors’ respective licenses.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Start Amica’s local development server

Set up the repository and start its documented web development server.

Before you start

  • The Amica GitHub repository
  • npm

Steps

  1. Clone or download the repository.

  2. Run the command below to install packages.

    Documented command
    npm install

  3. Run the command below.

    Documented command
    npm run dev

  4. Visit http://localhost:3000.

Expected outcome

The development server starts, and the repository directs users to localhost:3000 to check it.

Guide limitations

  • This guide covers local development setup, not a production deployment.
  • Additional configuration may be needed for the chosen chat or speech services.
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Source-based practical guide

Configure OpenRouter as the chat backend

Set the documented OpenRouter settings for Amica’s chat backend.

Before you start

  • A local Amica checkout
  • An OpenRouter API key

Steps

  1. Create or edit .env.local in the project.

  2. Set NEXT_PUBLIC_OPENROUTER_APIKEY to the OpenRouter API key.

  3. Optionally set NEXT_PUBLIC_OPENROUTER_URL and NEXT_PUBLIC_OPENROUTER_MODEL; the documented defaults are https://openrouter.ai/api/v1 and openai/gpt-3.5-turbo.

Expected outcome

The documented OpenRouter chat-backend settings are present in Amica’s local configuration.

Guide limitations

  • The API key is required for this backend option.
  • The instructions cover configuration only and do not verify a successful connection.
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