VRScout

MARCH 9, 2023

According to developer Flipside XR, the free tool features everything from real-time motion capture and professional-grade production tools to various sets, props, and custom avatars. Flipside Studio is an all-in-one video production studio that allows you to create your very own 3D animations in VR with no prior experience required.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The platform uses photogrammetry and motion capture to create the avatars using a full-body scanner comprising seventy cameras. VIVE offers a good amount of official documentation of their products regarding Unreal Engine and Unity development. A further 16 cameras are used to detect user hand foot, back, and head movements.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

This studio system contains the latest interactive production tools, such as Oculus, Manus, Vive , Faceware, Varjo , and Xsens motion capture. Real-time engines such as Unity and Unreal enable them to instantly merge digital realities and real-world scenarios in-studio or on-location. Empowering Content Makers.

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ARPost

MARCH 9, 2023

The app works with Meta Quest 2 and Rift/Rift S VR headsets for motion capture technology, so animation production is easier. Advanced Flipside creator tools – Fully customized sets, props, and characters are possible with Flipside’s advanced creator tools through its Unity plug-in. See Also: Should You Buy a Quest 2?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 30, 2023

Motion Capture software, or “Mocap systems”, are particularly valuable for content creators looking to enhance XR experiences with realistic avatars, motion, and gesture controls. Mocap solutions are primarily used for the creation of XR content.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Participating firms include Meta, Siemens, Audi, ESA, Snap, Niantic, Unity, and Pico. Furthermore, AWE EU 2024 emphasises technologies that enhance enterprise-facing XR solutions, including AR cloud, motion capture, and 5G. The enterprise sector dominated much of the event, attracting numerous leaders in enterprise XR.

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Peter Graham

JULY 30, 2019

While you may not really pay attention (or care) about some of the logos at the start of titles, one that crops up quite a lot is Unity. Today, Unity Technologies has announced the launch of Unity 2019.2 , with the latest iteration including a few tasty features for immersive content developers.

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Road to VR

APRIL 12, 2017

PhaseSpace has been a leader in high-performance motion capture for over 20 years, providing solutions for the research, industrial, and graphic arts communities. Planet Whack was initially created for last year’s Siggraph conference as a fun way of highlighting PhaseSpace’s real-time tracking capabilities.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 3, 2023

Commonly used for creating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, motion capturing (mocap) has rapidly become a mainstay in the extended reality (XR) market, employed on the latest headsets. In our discussion, we explore the rise of immersive motion-capturing technologies for the gaming industry.

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Upload VR

JUNE 29, 2023

The motion data Mocopi produces can be relayed to services like VRChat as well as game tools like Unity. Sony announced the body tracking kit last year and shipped it first in Japan, claiming its "proprietary algorithm enables accurate motion capture with only six sensors."

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EON Reality

JULY 17, 2024

Unity Unity is one of the most popular platforms for AR development. Known for its versatility and user-friendly interface, Unity is widely used for creating both AR and VR experiences. Use Case: Unity is ideal for developers who want to create complex and interactive AR applications.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Co-founder and CEO Nathaniel Ventura’s last three roles were management positions with Unity, Google, and Facebook Reality Labs. Animations in the game were produced through motion capture of real ball players. The Vinci Games team is only seven members, but they’re not rookies. Co-founder and CTO Maciej Szcze?nik

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Road to VR

JUNE 3, 2019

With ARKit 3, the system now supports motion capture and occlusion of people. When waving, the avatar can be seen to tip forward in response to the motion even though the user doesn’t. Motion capture. Human Occlusion & Body Tracking. Faster reference image loading. Auto-detect image size.

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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.

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TechCrunch VR

JANUARY 25, 2022

The latest funding will be used to intensify R&D for AXIS , a wearable and game-oriented full-body motion capture solution. To make it accessible to game developers and content creators, Refract’s software suite is compatible with platforms like OpenVR, OpenXR, Unity and Unreal engines, and existing VR systems and applications.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 3, 2023

Its Flipside Studio solution will empower content creators to create engaging videos via real-time motion capture (mocap) and production tools. It can also swap and edit real-time 3D (RT3D) objects without gaming engines like Unity or Unreal Engine.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Companies like Microsoft, Meta Platforms, Epic Games, Unity, and others are facilitating the rise of serious gaming technologies. Additionally, motion capture (mocap) systems from Sony and Vicon will deepen realism for content creators developing characters.

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TechCrunch VR

MARCH 12, 2020

The startup’s Persona product which launched last year bundles both its software and motion capture hardware rig. Cubic Motion’s technology has been used in recent blockbuster gaming titles like Sony Interactive Entertainment’s God of War and Insomniac Games’ Marvel’s Spider-Man.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 23, 2019

Our Virtual Cast Enterprise package supports more professional tracking with motion capture system like MVN. Virtual Cast uses position and rotation information captured from VR headsets, controllers and trackers to puppeteer Unity humanoid models in VR space. How does Virtual Cast technically work?

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 9, 2023

The world’s most influential and active firms in the immersive space, including Unity, NVIDIA, Weta Digital, IBM and others will deliver keynotes, workshops, and present research papers on the computer vision industry.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 15, 2024

HDR video and EXIF tags for every ARKit frame 4K video streaming Depth APIs for realistic real-world blending Scene geometry for topological mapping A LiDAR scanner for plane detection People occlusion Motion capture with a single camera Apple’s ARKit is free to use if you just experiment with the features.

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VRScout

APRIL 13, 2018

Additional expo highlights include Xtrematic’s extreme sports simulator, bHaptics’ full-body haptic suit, Bioflight’s VR medical training simulations and Phasespace’s large-scale motion capture system.

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Peter Graham

MARCH 24, 2020

Compatible with HTC Vive and other SteamVR headsets, Manus Polygon will be compatible with Unity when it officially launches in June 2020. The company also plans to release an Unreal Engine 4 plugin later this year as well as expanding compatibility for more motion capture hardware.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Simple WebXR” aims at bringing WebXR to Unity. On GitHub has appeared a new project called “Simple WebXR” aimed at letting you develop WebXR experiences inside Unity. It looks very interesting, and as a Unity developer, I want to experiment with it. Learn more.

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Road to VR

MARCH 30, 2017

HTC Vive Senior Engineer James Xiong has provided a Vive IK Demo on GitHub , which includes a reference source code and Unity demo. By tracking a headset and two motion controllers held in the hands, developers are able to achieve a reasonably accurate virtual representation of the upper body.

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ARVR

JULY 19, 2021

It can be easily explained by data from a case study made by Innoactive , Unity , and Volkswagen. The scaling process can be divided into “boxes,” from creation to deployment, between Unity , Interhaptics , and Innoactive. VR training was found to reduce training time by 50%, and with only a third of the training costs.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

HTC VIVE’s Ultimate Trackers will offer next-generational motion-capturing (mocap) technologies for avatars and real-time 3D (RT3D) content development. ” Furthermore, JJFX, Founder, International Dance Association , commented on the XR motion-capturing solution.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 5, 2023

Additional firms such as Unity Technologies , Epic Games, NVIDIA, Sony , and Improbable have launched respective initiatives to develop serious gaming tools. The deal, announced at the Connect 2022 event in October last year, will facilitate access to key Office programmes while using Meta’s flagship mixed reality (MR) headset.

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ARVR

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Some of the features that Apple is touting include better motion capture, improvements to camera access, and additional locations for Location Anchors. Unity AR Foundation is a helpful framework for cross-platform augmented reality app development. However, there are some missing features depending on the platform you’re on.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 12, 2024

They’re excellent for capturing and recording detailed hand movements for XR game and app development. Plus, the gloves are compatible with various software platforms, such as Unity and Unreal Engine. These gloves are handy for motion capture purposes in VR content creation.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 23, 2021

What I’ve not enjoyed is that SideQuest has removed The Unity Cube from its listing, stating that there were too many cubes there. A new interesting project has been published on Kickstarter: it is called Axis, and it is a system of sensors that you install on your body to have full-body tracking for gaming and motion capture.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 22, 2024

The company’s sensor and tracking technology comes in the form of the “OctoXR” Unity game engine. Options range from the Tobii Pro Nano and Spark systems to Tobii Pro Spectrum and Fusion. Realistic, intuitive, and immersive interactions are at the core of SpectreXR’s thesis.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 8, 2023

The company’s sensor and tracking technology comes in the form of the “OctoXR” Unity game engine. Options range from the Tobii Pro Nano and Spark systems to Tobii Pro Spectrum and Fusion. The software comes with Exotendon force feedback solutions, to help deliver immersive touch-based experiences to customers through haptic gloves.

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ARPost

JUNE 3, 2022

The glove is capable of intricate motion capture, including for use in XR applications. Demos on the AWE floor included more intimate recordings and video calls with loved ones, as well as a game built for 2D but ported in through a Unity SDK. “When is this mixed reality future going to happen? StretchSense. But, it has powers.

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

Additional expo highlights include Xtrematic’s extreme sports simulator, bHaptics’ full-body haptic suit, Bioflight’s VR medical training simulations and Phasespace’s large-scale motion capture system.

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Life at the Feeding Edge

APRIL 29, 2021

Way back in the dim and distant era of 2009 I was exploring a lot of tools to help me build virtual environments with avatars and characters that could be animated, typically in Unity. 3D modelling is an art in its right and then rigging those models for animation and applying animations to those is another set of skills too.

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VRScout

JANUARY 2, 2021

Jean-Michel Jarre getting suited up for motion capture for the concert on Dec 22nd. // Image Credit: @louisadrienleblay. Although VRChat is one of the most accommodating platforms for developers, it still does not offer the full capabilities of Unity, the game engine that the platform is developed with. .

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