Versions and licence
What each version contains — and exactly when the watermark appears.
Hologramu itself is free. On top there are two optional Steam DLCs, each a one-time purchase. Every DLC feature can be tried in the free version: it runs normally, but shows a watermark.
The one rule
Most things are Free — including all of the tracking. Creator is essentially one thing: the Animation Studio, that is, recording and editing animations yourself. The Streamer Edition will later bring the Twitch interactions.
There is now only one kind of scene. The former split into "simple" and "advanced" scenes is gone — every scene can do everything.
Free
The whole app, without a watermark:
- Webcam tracking: face, expressions, hands and full body, calibration, body collision
- Multiple cameras for real depth
- Object detection, desk setup, keyboard and mouse, grabbing
- Avatar: VRM and Minecraft models, costumes, accessories
- Physics: hair, ears, tail, chest, wind
- Idle motion, eyes and blinking, expressions
- The whole scene: your own objects, any number of lights, cameras, wind zones and particle systems, paths, collections, collision groups
- Playing animations, layering them and triggering them by hotkey
- The three free preset animations (wave, nod, bow)
- VMC: receiver and sender, HologramuVMC
- Voice changer, soundboard, virtual microphone
- Virtual camera, recording mode, clips
Creator
Steam DLC, price at launch.
- Animation Studio: recording movements, keyframe editor, tracks and action keyframes
- Props in animations
- The three Creator preset animations (cheer, spin, handstand)
Streamer Edition
Steam DLC, arriving after Free and Creator.
- Twitch interactions: viewers trigger actions on avatar and scene
TODO: Define the scope of the Streamer Edition once it is settled.
The watermark
Blue, tiled "Hologramu" lettering over the 3D view — the control panels stay clear. In recording mode it is more visible than in the editor.
In the free version it only appears while a DLC feature is in use, and disappears again the moment it ends:
| Trigger | For how long |
|---|---|
| An Animation Studio feature is in use | Until it ends |
| An animation with props is playing | Until the animation ends |
| A Creator preset animation is playing | Until the animation ends |
| A Twitch interaction is active | While it runs |
Note: Buying removes the watermark — it does not unlock anything that did not work before.
Note: Tracking never triggers a watermark — not even full-body tracking or multiple cameras.