The pro version is necessary to make the standard/classic version available at the price it is, because the face tracking software used is licensed from another company (Visage). It is strictly for the rights to monetize your videos and streams. The features for Classic and Pro are the exact same aside from this

Originally posted by TrueChaoS:

The pro version is necessary to make the standard/classic version available at the price it is, because the face tracking software used is licensed from another company (Visage). It is strictly for the rights to monetize your videos and streams. The features for Classic and Pro are the exact same aside from this

i see, so basically, since i am small youtuber, and even if i enabled monitization id get basically nothing from my normal videos, the basic version is for me... When it comes out for Mac anyway. i was curious if the pro version added anything new to the plate that is Facerig, or if it was just a one bonus DLC. thanks for answering my question. :3

Oh and one more thing.. any chance for Arm tracking? :D where it tracks your arms aswell, like when you wanna wave or make hand gestures your character (if built for them) copies them.

To clarify, there's no minimum income for requiring Pro as far as I'm aware. If you want to enable monetization, you'll have to get it first (though doing a first video to test it out should be fine)

As for arm tracking, it's not possible with the current tracking technology by Visage, so it mainly depends on them. There may be arm animation via other inputs, like mouse/keyboard, though.