This setup is currently in beta. Please follow the steps to begin setting up face capture inside of UNITY

Prerequisites

iPhoneX
Character should be compatible with the PNS skeleton and ARKit blendshapes

Network Setup

To begin with, you'll need to setup your network PRIVATE, as this allows for special permissions in the data transfer required by the UNITY LIVE FACE app.

Go to Windows Settings --> Network and Internet

Locate your WIFI network connection and choose Properties.

Set the Network Profile Type to Private

Creating a Rule

Go to Control Panel --> Systems and Security --> Windows Defender Firewall --> Advanced Settings

Select Inbound Rules --> New Rule

- Rule Type: Program
- Program: This Program Path
  - Browse to the Unity.exe for the corresponding engine
- Action: Allow the Connection
- Profile: Private
  - Deselect Domain and Public
- Name: Something that will make sense to you such as Unity Live Capture

Unity Live Capture Setup

Unity Live Capture is Unity's new application that allows users to connect to the Unity Virtual Camera and face capture applications. For this setup, we will only focus on setting up the package to communicate to the Unity Face Capture for the purpose of capturing face movement. Live Capture is available through Unity's Package Manager.

In UNITY menu bar navigate to the Window menu a select Package Manager

Select Unity Registry from the Packages drop down menu

Select Live Capture Package and Install

Open the Connection Window

Window --> Live Capture --> Connections

Click Create Sever --> Companion App Server

- Set the Port number
  - Must be different from the one in Axis Studio
- Click Start Server

Character Setup

Follow the usual setups for streaming Axis Studio data to a Unity character:

Live Stream data into Unity – PERCEPTION NEURON (neuronmocap.com)

Right click on your character in the Project Window

Create --> Live Capture --> ARKit Face Capture --> Mapper

Open the Mapper

- Add the Left Eye and Right Eye
- Add all the Render Options available
Create a Prefab from the version of you character in the scene
- Drag the character from the scene to the Project Window
Click on your character prefab
- Add Component -->ARKit Face Actor
- Add your Mapper to the Mapper Option
Click GameObject --> Live Capture --> Take Recorder
Open the Take Recorder
- Click the "+" under Capture Devices and select ARKit Face Device
- - This will create a child component called ARKit Face Device, click on it
    - Under Actor, select your character