Road to VR

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Camouflaj, the studio behind upcoming Quest 3 exclusive Batman: Arkham Shadow , revealed that none other an Elijah Wood both voiced and did motion capture for Scarecrow, aka Dr. Jonathan Crane. “I’m a massive Batman fan, both in films, games, [and] comics. .”

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Coming to Quest 3 and 3S on February 27th, Detective VR is a narrative-based MR game that lets you control time, collect clues and interview witnesses in Passthrough mode bringing the investigation to your living room. The game, which is coming exclusively to the Quest platform, promises to deliver five hours of story-driven gameplay.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

” The project is said to be the result of a partnership between Magic Leap and Serkis’ digital production and motion capture studio The Imaginarium , although it doesn’t have a consumer release date yet.

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VRScout

JANUARY 25, 2020

Described by its creator, Sngmoo Lee, as “location-based arts,” Scarecrow is a one-of-a-kind immersive theater experience that combines live actors, temperature effects, and motion capture technology to offer one of the most ambitious interactive VR experiences in recent memory. Image courtesy of Sundance Institute, K’ART.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Full-body motion capture offers a unique, but flawed live theater experience. Miranda features professional actors in motion capture suits performing on-stage in real-time. This caused a lot of VR sickness (or motion sickness) for me. Perhaps it came down to issues regarding full-body motion capture.

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ARPost

AUGUST 23, 2021

MANUS creates gloves for both motion capture as well as for controlling sensitive VR applications. The most recent MANUS product is the SteamVR tracker for precise gesture controls and motion capture. “As The line of controllers made by this company largely consists of a bar that the user holds onto.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Jasper Brekelmans, a Netherlands-based 3D tech artist, has recently released a motion capture tool offering an easy way to record OpenVR tracking data from headsets, motion controllers and Vive Trackers for both Vive and Rift setups.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

The Oscar nominated actors performance-capture studio partners with Magic Leap to bring fresh content to their MR platform. With credits including legendary franchises like The Lord of the Rings, Planet of the Apes, and Star Wars , Andy Serkis has proven himself a legend within the world of motion capture technology.

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Road to VR

JULY 10, 2020

The Invisible Hours offers up a unique time-bending gameplay mechanic, which lets the user freely explore the complex Clue-style ‘whodunit’ as an apparition—sort of like an immersive theater piece that you can control, rewind, and experience at your own pace.

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Road to VR

APRIL 3, 2017

Their expertise in inverse kinematics results in convincing, affordable motion capture using a small number of tracking points. By attaching Trackers in the most effective places, combined with inverse kinematics, a form of full-body motion capture can be generated; HTC themselves recently released code to illustrate this technique.

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VRScout

JUNE 24, 2020

Referred to by the team as Touché , the programmable system is powered using a collection of pre-recorded sword-fighting animations captured using motion capture technology.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

In celebration of the event, Sony Music Solutions is hosting a “mini-live performance” on March 6th at 2pm JST that will feature a mixed reality performance by ReoNa brought to life using a combination of motion capture technology and a virtual camera system referred to as “jeannedarc.” Visit here to get started.

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VRScout

JUNE 21, 2022

The location-based VR platform features motion controls, spatial audio, and temperature haptics. This includes everything from motion capture and spatial audio to a motion floor and temperature haptics capable of simulating heat and cold. “We We first covered UNCONTAINED back in 2021.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Motion capture techniques are used throughout the VFX industry, but a new project from Mo-cap specialist and developer Jasper Brekelmans aims to bring live, augmented reality previews for motion capture performance, unlocking the ability to preview dances in realtime overlaid onto reality.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Enter FinchShift and Chirp, two different solutions to the same problem: bringing 6DOF controllers to Vive Focus. At CES last month, I got a chance to try out both of the officially supported 6DOF controllers for Vive Focus back-to-back, FinchShift from Finch Technologies and Chirp from TDK’s Chirp Microsystems.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Motion capture specialist IKinema has demonstrated its new in-development low-cost motion capture system which uses use 6 points of SteamVR tracking points to deliver a pretty accurate recreation of real world motion. This is Project Orion from UK based motion capture specialists IKinema.

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VRScout

APRIL 24, 2023

” Credit: Valo Motion Valo Motion sets itself apart from competing location-based entertainment providers with its unique use of motion capture technology. For more information about Valo Motion visit here.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Using VR headsets with Mindshow is relatively low cost, and its animations are viewable in real-time or easily recorded, while traditional motion capture pipelines are expensive and typically take hours, days, or weeks of post-processing work.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 9, 2017

Olson explains that this boils down to three steps: preparing the model, controlling it, and finally recording sequences for playback. People loved ‘becoming’ the object when in direct control,” writes Olson. Olson explains that there is a short setup process for shape matching but it “could eventually be automated”.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Based on the information provided, it appears as though the group recorded their motion capture routine ahead of time and choreographed the live performance to work in tandem with their digital counterparts. This is the AR work station in the main control room for #WORLDS2018 finals. pic.twitter.com/Nnwq6g4rl7.

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VRScout

APRIL 13, 2019

Research into VR’s benefits on balance and motor control continue to reveal new information. Researchers tested their VR as a controlled treadport , a CAVE-like environment where patients walk on a treadmill, harnessed to the ceiling to protect in the case of falls. ” Image Credit: K.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Since the launch of the Vive Tracker earlier this year, impressive full-body motion capture has been demonstrated through the use of three Tracker units , in combination with the two tracked controllers and headset.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 15, 2019

It is, according to the company, “the world’s first highly integrated smart clothing apparel that includes haptic feedback, motion capture, climate control, and other systems”. Wearing the suit lets you interact with that environment and “become the natural full-body controller at the same time.”.

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VRScout

MARCH 28, 2018

While its not clear from the photo exactly what type of VR headset the couple is demoing, there are markers sitting on top that are being tracked by Vicon motion capture cameras mounted to the walls. Based on their arm position, Kim Jong Un and his wife are likely holding a tracked controller in their right hand as well.

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Road to VR

APRIL 10, 2017

Following the same principle as HTC’s own Vive IK motion capture code , and IKinema’s Orion animation software , three Vive Trackers are attached to the body (on the waist and feet), combining with the existing motion controllers and headset for six tracking points. Check it out in the video heading this article.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Essentially using the VR headset and controllers for motion capture (both Rift and Vive are supported), you can create a moving comic, or take screenshots of the action for your own xkcd-inspired work.

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Road to VR

JULY 7, 2020

Developer Luca Mefisto is building a smart tool which uses Quest’s hand-tracking to enable developers to motion-capture hand-poses, making the whole ordeal quicker, more realistic, and ultimately more immersive for players.

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Road to VR

MARCH 25, 2022

Manus has been building motion gloves for use in real-time VR and motion capture for years now, with prior offerings being based on IMU and flex-sensor tracking. Though priced for enterprise use, the company says it one day hopes to deliver the tech to consumers.

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ARPost

MARCH 29, 2022

The experience draws on motion capture from real Cirque performers, but you might not have ever seen motion capture like this. In order to capture all of the intricate movements of the performers in their routine, performers even wore gloves that tracked their finger movements.

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VRScout

MAY 13, 2019

So we asked ourselves: Do you suppose we could create a photo-realistic human, like we’re doing for film, but where you’re seeing the actual emotions and the details of the person who’s controlling the digital human in real time?”. Image Credit: TED / Sapling Foundation. “In

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Road to VR

JANUARY 18, 2021

Dance battles like these have been cropping up in VRChat , a social VR application which has embraced both full-body motion tracking and an ‘anything goes’ approach to avatars; the culmination of which has led to this unbridled level of digital self-expression. Dance #VR #VRChat. — IDA OFFICIAL (@IDA_VRC) August 26, 2020.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 30, 2017

Aftermarket solutions like OptiTrack’s IR-reflective positional tracking system, which uses traditional motion capture tech, would be a likely candidate for large-scale, out-of-home facilities looking to use Sensics system however. IR motion capture for VR, image courtesy OptiTrack. Removable face-plate.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 14, 2022

After reaching out to Meta to clarify what tech was used to create that segment, a spokesperson told me the team used common external motion capture tech to drive the movement of the avatars, rather than its own solution running real-time on one of its headsets. But all is not what it seems.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 29, 2020

It’s commonly used to augment VR motion capture by attaching to a user’s feet and hips, thus providing six points of body tracking (head, hands, waist, and feet) rather than the usual three (head and hands). “It’s the beautiful nature of SteamVR’s open ecosystem,” Beno says.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 7, 2022

WalkOVR eliminates the dependence on the controllers and the headset for moving in VR. On the other hand, the importance and popularity of motion capture features can not be overseen. We still improve ourselves; especially on the motion capture side. We keep watching new solutions and technologies in this area.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Today I host a new post by my friend and VR professional Rob Cole , who has already published many interesting posts on my blog, including a review of Pimax Sword controllers , a series of hack on how to modify the Valve Index , and his experiements in creating new innovative controllers for SteamVR. Bit Space loves the trackers.”

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AR Insider

JUNE 10, 2020

Step 4: Motion Capture for Animation. While the CARYS model was being prepared, she was invited to the SpinVFX studio to perform the dance in their strap-based motion capture suit. In order to accurately recreate her, her movements needed to be captured very precisely. fingers, etc.).

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