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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VRScout

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Sony will also release an SDK that will allow you to import your motion capture data into 3D animation programs. Now Sony is back with another game-changing portable, the Mocopi motion capture system. Typically motion capture is something you’d see in a big Hollywood movie. Probably not.

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Next Reality AR

OCTOBER 19, 2018

By now, you've probably already seen Andy Serkis and his performance capture demo for Magic Leap. And sure, marrying motion capture acting and augmented reality sounds compelling, but how does it really work as an experience? conference.

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Digital Trends

JULY 17, 2021

Resident Evil Village's Performance Director Masato Miyazaki breaks down the game's tricky motion-capture process.

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Digital Trends

JUNE 24, 2022

To bring the titular hero of Tiny Tina's Wonderlands to life, her motion capture artists had to embrace her inner gremlin.

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TechCrunch VR

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

New Zealand-based StretchSense, a maker of hand motion capture technology, believes virtual and augmented reality are going to replace the smartphone as the dominant way we interact with digital worlds and each other. “The really core advantage is that we actually make garments, not devices. ” StretchSense closed a $7.6

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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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XROM

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Mocopi is a motion capture system that will allow creators to perform full body tracking in 3D anywhere by simply attaching the 6 small sensors [link] Sony has launched an interesting product called Mocopi , consisting of six motion-tracking bands worn on your hands, feet, back and head, with a price of 49,500 yen (about $358).

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Theater and motion capture technology collide in this upcoming live performance series. According to the RSC, the live performance, entitled Dream , will be conducted by seven actors dressed in motion capture suits which will allow them to interact with the virtual scenery in real-time from a motion capture stage located in Portsmouth.

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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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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Motion capture can find its roots in the art of rotoscoping, a technique developed in 1915 where animators trace over motion picture footage. Motion capture takes that to the next level by using different suits and tools to record the movement of subjects for use in various forms of media on 3D models.

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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

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

.” Manus VR, best known for its line of haptic VR gloves , today revealed the Manus Pro Tracker, a new tracking solution for the SteamVR platform aimed specifically at professional creators working in motion capture, virtual production, and VR.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 20, 2024

The revelation came via the US-based electric car company’s career pages where it is currently advertising for a new position that involves wearing VR headset and motion-capture suit for up to $48 per hour. Tesla is using virtual reality technology to train its Optimus AI robot.

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Voices of VR

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The ONX + DocLab MoCap Stage at IDFA DocLab 2022 featured a number of experimental XR performances using a high-end OptiTrack – Motion Capture System within a theatrical stage with a screen that was projecting the virtual representations.

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Wired VR

MAY 9, 2017

The $2,500 device makes motion capture as easy as suiting up. The post The Rokoko Smartsuit Brings Motion Capture to the Masses appeared first on WIRED.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 10, 2016

The post Robotic Waitresses And Motion Capture DJs Make This E3 Party A Must See appeared first on UploadVR. Soon, the world’s most rabid video game fans will be descending upon Los Angeles to check out what they will be playing in the upcoming year (or in some cases, in a few upcoming years).

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VRScout

AUGUST 18, 2021

Several months ago we covered Virtual Taekwondo , a captivating mixed reality experience from Singapore-based tech company Refract Technologies that allows competitors to battle each other in hand-to-hand combat using the company’s full-body motion capture system AXIS. Here’s what you need to know.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

To create their digital variants, the band’s creative team turned to the same motion capture technology used in big Hollywood films like Star Wars and Lord of the Rings. The motion capture suits were so cool that the members of ABBA decided to use a photo of themselves in their suits as their most recent press photo.

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Voices of VR

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Director Jiabao then expanded this piece as a part of a live motion capture dance performance that showed at The ONX + DocLab MoCap Stage at IDFA 2022. Director Jiabao then expanded this piece as a part of a live motion capture dance performance that showed at The ONX + DocLab MoCap Stage at IDFA 2022.

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Upload VR

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The segment also shows clips of Wood doing motion capture for the character's animation, which he said was his first time using motion capture. 0:00 / 1:19 1× Batman: Arkham Shadow releases tomorrow, exclusively on Quest 3 & Quest 3S.

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Voices of VR

DECEMBER 22, 2022

I gave a 20-minute… I was invited to give a keynote at the Capturing Reality in Motion session as a part of the ONX + DocLab MoCap Stage. Video of this talk is coming soon].

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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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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Company CTO Idan Beck says its Sandbox SDK will have capabilities like “high-performance inverse kinematics, rigging, and motion capture capabilities,” and will include support for Unreal Engine, Unity, and Native. Sandbox says however that developers can create using more modest setups such as an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive.

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VRScout

JUNE 28, 2020

Legend conducted his performance live in-studio wearing an Xsens MVN Animate Motion Capture System. This is the same motion capture solution used on blockbuster films like Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker , Avengers: Infinity War , and The Wolverine , as well as hit games such as Creed: Rise to Glory and Counter Strike. .

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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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ARPost

JUNE 7, 2021

It caters to a new wave of artists who want to explore new mediums of storytelling, such as augmented reality, virtual reality , projection mapping, and motion capture. For instance, there will be a virtual reality talk show, live motion-capture filming, spatial audio experiences, and more.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Earlier this year while attending the Sundance Film Festival , I had the chance to experience Scarecrow , an immersive theater experience that combines motion capture technology with temperature effects to deliver a one-of-a-kind interactive performance unlike anything available on Broadway at the moment.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Called the Manus Pro Tracker, the company says the device is designed specifically for SteamVR-based motion capture, virtual production and full-body VR. Manus, the Netherlands-based startup behind a number of VR gloves, today announced pre-order availability for the company’s first professional-level SteamVR tracker.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Miranda: A Steampunk VR Experience is a first-of-its-kind collaboration between LUMA , Tri-Cities Opera , Enhance VR , and Opera Omaha that blends the worlds of theater, VR, opera, and a live motion-capture for a unique experience that will have you putting on your sleuthing hat to solve a mysterious murder.

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Road to VR

JULY 10, 2020

In a Gamasutra post , the creators speak a little about the game’s traditional facial and motion capture of live actors. “On the shoot, we had to track data very, very carefully: the project amounts to an unprecedented 2,240,000 frames of character data in Motion Builder.

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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. Perhaps it came down to issues regarding full-body motion capture. Keep in mind that this is live theater. Things can go wrong.

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Next Reality AR

MARCH 18, 2020

Don't Miss: Apple Brings People Occlusion & Motion Capture to ARKit 3 Alongside RealityKit & RealityComposer for AR Development On Wednesday, Apple unveiled the 2020 iPad Pro, which runs on the A12Z Bionic chip, and includes an Ultra Wide camera and Liquid Retina display.

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NVidia VR

MAY 8, 2018

Motion capture technology records and digitally replicates human movement to create 3D animations. The problem is traditional motion capture relies on lots of expensive, bulky hardware. Fast Motion Capture. But bringing virtual characters to life has never been a simple task.

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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

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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Road to VR

JUNE 14, 2017

Anvio VR is a new, motion capture tracked VR experience that throws you and a bunch of friends into a warehouse-scale VR arena to battle, well, pretty much everything. Anvio VR is a new, motion captured virtual reality platform developed by Vortex LLC in Moscow. It looks great!

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