VTuber CodeMiko teaches real drone to fly in her virtual world

Youna Kang, known as VTuber CodeMiko, continues to amaze audiences with motion capture technology experiments. This time she shared a short video demonstrating integration of a real drone into her virtual Unreal Engine environment.

The process turned out to be fairly straightforward to implement. Kang attached motion trackers to an actual drone, created a virtual model of the aircraft in Unreal Engine, and synchronized their movements. After setting up the system, the virtual drone precisely replicates the real device's movements, allowing its use during streams.

Beyond this, Youna recently demonstrated adding a chair to the virtual world through 3D scanning, enabling natural interaction with the object without artifacts or physics inaccuracies. Kang is also known for realistic hair simulation in Unreal Engine and other innovative solutions in VTubing.

CodeMiko uses a motion capture suit from Xsens, gloves from Manus VR, and a facial tracking headset from MOCAP Design. Her avatar is loaded into Unreal Engine and consists of 36,000 polygons. Through constant experimentation, Kang has become one of the most technologically advanced VTubers, gathering over 900,000 followers on Twitch.