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@@ -35,6 +35,17 @@ Basic controls: * Long click to hide the text box. * Scale it up/down in the radial menu. +## Design philosophy + +* All language services are performed on the client. No network hops in the + critical path. +* Priorities (descending order): reliability, latency, accuracy, performance, + aesthetics. +* No telemetry of any kind in the app. github and discord are the only means I + have to estimate usage and triage bugs. +* Permissive licensing. Users should be legally entitled to hack, extend, + relicense, and profit from this codebase. + ## Features * Works with the built-in chatbox (usable with public avatars!) @@ -73,25 +84,14 @@ Basic controls: System requirements: -* ~8GB disk space - * I apologize that this is so big. The libraries used to perform - GPU-accelerated transcription (pytorch and whisper) are really, - really big. There is no performant implementation of Whisper or a - any other comparable algorithm available in a systems programming - language, so for now we're stuck with this. You only need to - download this stuff once! +* ~2GB disk space * NVIDIA GPU with at least 2GB of spare VRAM. * You *can* run it in CPU mode, but it's really slow and lags you a lot more, so I wouldn't recommend it. - * I've tested on a 1080 Ti and a 3090 and saw comparable performance. + * I've tested on a 1080 Ti and a 3090 and saw comparable latency. * SteamVR. - * No Oculus support, yet. -* Left joystick click must not be bound to anything else. * No write defaults on your avatar if you're using the custom text box. -For the last 3 bullets: please let me know in the Discord if these are -deal breakers. I'd be happy to fix them! - Avatar resources used: * Tris: 4 |