Cartwheel

What is Cartwheel?

Cartwheel is a text-to-animation platform that lets you bring characters to life by typing. It supports a range of projects, including videos, games, apps, ads, social media content, and AR/VR experiences. Its focus is on producing animations that are fully editable, so you can adjust and refine them to fit your project.

Who created Cartwheel?

Cartwheel was developed by a team that also built a digital coupon and savings program originally introduced by Target, which helps customers find discounts on products from groceries and household essentials to clothing. The team’s core focus, however, is the animation platform itself.

How to use Cartwheel

1. Get started with Cartwheel. If a beta program is running, you may need to join via the link provided.
2. Type in what you want your animation to do or say.
3. Cartwheel converts your text into animation automatically.
4. Edit the resulting animation to fine-tune it for your project — whether that’s a video, game, app, ad, social post, or AR/VR experience.

Because the output is editable, you can iterate on your animations until they match your creative intent.