Chat-based user-generated content assistance

A computing apparatus comprising:

• a communication interface that communicates over a communication network with a user device, wherein the communication interface receives a chat-based communication from the user device describing a custom character to be generated;
• and
• a processor that executes instructions stored in memory, wherein the processor executes the instructions to:
• identify, using a model, a vector representation of a meaning of content within the chat-based communication
• generate a prediction, based at least in part on the vector representation, that the content within the chat-based communication indicates a set of virtual characteristics to be represented by the custom character to be generated, and
• generate the custom character for use within a virtual environment based at least in part on the vector representation of the meaning and the set of virtual characteristics, wherein the custom character includes the set of virtual characteristics, wherein a display of the custom character is presented within a user interface of the user device.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium including instructions that when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

• receive, by the computer, a chat-based communication over a communication network from a user device describing a custom character to be generated;
• identify, by the computer and using a model, a vector representation of a meaning of content within the chat-based communication
• generate a prediction, based at least in part on the vector representation, that the content within the chat-based communication indicates a set of virtual characteristics to be represented by the custom character to be generated;
• generate the custom character for use within a virtual environment based at least in part on the vector representation of the meaning and the set of virtual characteristics, wherein the custom character includes the set of virtual characteristics;
• and
• present a display of the custom character within a user interface of the user device.