Black spots on avatars

[v-jbinney]

Hey guys,

I'm using several of the Rocketbox Complete Character avatars (medium polgon version). When rendering the avatars in Vizard 3.0, black areas spontaneously appear on the edges of their bodies (see screenshots.) It seems that these might be rendered shadows, but they look unnatural and jumpy. I get the same dark spots on both the HMD and the computer monitor, regardless of whether or not the avatar is animated.

What is the reason for the dark edges on the avatars? Also, if these are in fact shadows, is there a way to disable this feature?