Idle Animation

Overview

The Idle Animation is the default animation loop played whenever the character is awaiting visitor interaction. A high-quality idle animation makes the assistant feel alive and responsive without distracting from reading website content.

Idle Animation Requirements

• Loop Seamlessness: The first frame and last frame must match bone rotations and translations identically to avoid visible "snapping".

• Duration: Recommended cycle length is between 3.0 and 6.0 seconds.

• Bone Rigging: Standard humanoid spine and neck bones with subtle weight shifting.

Procedural Micro-Animations

In addition to the skeletal animation track, the Asiyst renderer injects subtle procedural dynamics:

• Randomized Blinking: Eye lids blink every 3–7 seconds using Poisson distribution.

• Harmonic Floating: Floating avatars bob up and down along a sine wave ($pm 4\text{px}$).

Optimizing Idle Loop Performance

The idle animation uses hardware-accelerated vertex shaders. When the browser tab is hidden, the animation loop drops to 0 FPS, preventing CPU and battery drain.