best mocap sytem

#21

What is the basic cost of the Moven system?
Is it comparable to Optitrack for $5000 or much higher?
It looks like a great system with good, clean data.

#22

$50,000 is what they said at Siggraph.

#23

Ouch! I think OptiTrack looks very appealing! :slight_smile:

Thanks

#24

One other option is 3dSuit.

www.3dsuit.com

It’s around $25,000 dollars and it is wireless and hooks right into motionbuilder. :slight_smile:

#25

I think most mocap systems support MotionBuilder. i know Moven does support MotionBuilder with a real-time device plug-in with actor tool support (optionally even emulating an optical marker based system).

Also, Moven has FBX export support of the raw body segment data (position and orientation) so you can avoid the inevitable feet sliding that comes with the BVH format. this also works fine in XSI etc.

check out some stuf done by InsertCoin.se or the Halo 3 launch with Moven:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F-X2eUqK7g

#26

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#27

I owned a Gypsy 5 mechanical system from Animazoo and then Upgraded to a GG-18, then got sent a free software upgrade to an IGS-190. For the cost the system is well worth it. I have read that Moven claim that they are the only system that can run and jump. Sorry Moven but my Gypsy 5 could do that 2 years ago and the automatic jumping in the new IGS-190 allows you to turn jumping on or off.

A freind of mine in the UK had a recent demo of the Moven system and told me that the blue tooth kept cutting out and body segments drift quite a lot. He also said that the foot steps were very unstable and floated alot. Although I believe Moven have a good pipeline for cleaning.

I found this on the web and thought I would share, it’s Steel Monkey’s MoCap demo for 2 days to Vegas using 2 Gypsy Gyro 18 systems.
http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/2%2Bdays%2Bto%2Bvegas/video/x44a4v_2days2vegasmocapsmall_videogames

Great Music!

I have also heard on the grape vine that Animazoo have invented a tracking system that can be added to the IGS-190 to give you an absolute global position, much like an optical set up but with no occulsion or marker swopping!

#28

Hello all…

I own an optitrack mocap system, so I thought I would jump in here a bit. (and I apologize if I sound like a salesman… I’m a very happy customer… grin) Although not quite suited for the question asked at the beginning of this thread (the system will not capture animals… yet, and the capture volume is smaller…10x10 feet of actual capture space in normal configurations), Optitrack is still a good system that provides good data, is extremely easy to use (and portable) and you can’t beat the price…

I guess a lot comes down to what are you going to do with your system, your own capabilites, size of your studio and what type of projects your are aiming for. I am a single person company doing small scale animations for my local market, training videos, etc. I looked around for several years for a system that was within my very small budget and I had originally considered the gypsy 5 and was almost at the point of purchasing it when I heard about Naturalpoint. I signed up to be one of their alpha testers and frankly have not regretted it one bit, the system is ideally suited for my purposes.

One of the things that really surprised me about Naturalpoint is their aggressiveness in providing updates to make their system better. I was one of their original alpha testers so I have experienced first hand this commitment to their product. In a span of a few months, they have come out with upgrades such as 2 actor capability (in 12 or more camera configurations)… expanded their system from 12 to 24 cameras and all of this without additional cost to their software… just add cameras or suits/markers and off you go… They are also working on getting facial and hand animation into the system in the future…

Now, the system isn’t perfect, but then, which is? I originally purchased the base configuration (6 cameras) which is ok… but the more cameras you have the better your data is going to be…

Bryan

#29

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