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Xsens MVN at MPC
Moving Picture Company has added Xsens’ new MVN motion-capture technology to its workflow. This means the studio can now generate mocap data anywhere.
Free Converter for Motion-Capture Data
Studio Take One has released a free version of its Motion Capture Free Tool, which can be used to convert motion-capture data.
Tour of the Imaginarium
Andy Serkis, also known as Gollum, opened his studio doors in London and guided Empire Online through the performance-capture studio "The Imaginarium".
Smaug in an Interview
For his satirical news show "The Colbert Report", Stephen Colbert interviewed "Hobbit" dragon star Smaug – live in the studio.
Impressive Face Capturing
Cubic Motion collaborated with 3Lateral to create a demo showing what is currently possible with their facial-capture animation technology for games.
Motion Capturing Without Markers
iPi Soft has released version 3.0 of its motion-capture software. New features include Kinect 2 support and improved tracking of body parts.
Cuddly Creature from Hell
Murphy looks funny, but: the devil is a squirrel! A student team from the French university Isart Digital in Paris created the impressive short film.
New MoCap Programs from Vicon
Vicon released the retargeting and solving software Pegasus at Siggraph in Vancouver. The company also revealed news about Blade 3.
Hand MoCap
Developer Brekel has released a preview video and beta version of its Pro Hands application, which enables motion capture of hands and fingers.
Historical Decay
Review: In DP 01 : 2014 game developer Naughty Dog threw its heroes into a post-pandemic scenario with The Last of Us - but how were the lighting, texturing and motion capturing created?
Motion Capture Unleashed
Edit One, a previs studio in New York, has integrated Xsens' camera-free motion-capture technology into its pipeline.
Mocap from Saarland
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken have developed a method that makes mocap suits unnecessary.
The New Tools for Kinect
Two new tools provide motion capture at home with Kinect—the tools Brekel Kinect Pro Body and Brekel Kinect Pro PointCloud.
Blade at Number 2
Vicon is known for its motion and performance capture offering and is now releasing the MoCap software Blade in version 2.0.
Let’s Play Video for “Assassin’s Creed 3”
Today is not only Halloween; Ubisoft has also released the third part of the successful "Assassin's Creed" game series today—plus a one-hour Let's Play video.
Camera Tracking with Take4D
Take4D is a production solution that combines real-time camera tracking, keying, motion control, and motion capture on one system.
iPi Soft Releases Motion Capture 2.0
Motion Capture 2.0 from Russian developer iPi Soft is available and offers support for the simultaneous use of multiple depth sensors.
FaceShift Open Beta: Low-Budget Face Capture for Everyone
The FaceShift team around Dr. Thibaut Weise and Dr. Brian Amberg promises that its latest development is a two-stage system for recording facial animations without markers and expensive mocap cameras. Anyone interested can still register through the official website for the FaceShift open beta, which runs until July.
MoCap for the Face Without Markers
Markerless is a development by the company Motek Entertainment. It is intended to make video-based facial capturing possible without markers and keyframing.
Real Steel Making Of
Let’s get ready to rumble – Erik Nash, the VFX supervisor of “Real Steel,” has published a making-of of the robot fight scene.
Presented at Siggraph: Motion Capture Using Body Cameras
Researchers from Disney and Carnegie Mellon University presented an alternative to conventional motion-capture systems at this year’s Siggraph. Small cameras (around 20) attached to the performer’s body make it possible to derive movements of the body and limbs in the environment.
MoCap from Microsoft
Organic Motion is developing a system that uses Microsoft Kinect for markerless motion capture without traditional camera arrays.
SIGGRAPH 2010: PFMatchit Targets Low-Cost 3D Tracking
The Pixel Farm has introduced PFMatchit, a 2D/3D camera-tracking and matchmoving package priced at 700 US dollars.
SIGGRAPH 2010: Networked Motion-Capture Camera for $1,900
OptiTrack's S50e may be the least expensive dedicated motion-capture camera, with onboard processing, 250 fps and square SVGA resolution.
On the hunt for facial expressions
Review: In DP 05 : 2019, we realised that elaborately produced cutscenes in video games are no longer a rarity. In Remedy Entertainment's Alan Wake, MoCap specialist metricminds took care of the characters' facial expressions.
Siggraph 2010: Keyframe-Based Motion Tracking from 2D Material
Two researchers at Texas A&M University have used the keyframe technique familiar from video-editing programs and animation software as an alternative to marker-based motion capture – without camera arrays or markers.
From another star | Retro article
Review: In DP 01 : 2010, Weta Digital created a wacky planet, alien life forms and humanoid screen heroes. For what? For James Cameron's Avatar!
R.U.S.E. - New making-of trailer
Brief insight into the game development of Ubisoft's new blockbuster
Learning system animates trees realistically
Video templates enable simple and inexpensive animation.
animago CONFERENCE: New Ways in Facial Animation
Philip Weiss of metricminds presents the new Embody motion-capture solution.
New Motion-Capture Process at the animago CONFERENCE
At the animago CONFERENCE, metricminds reports on new approaches to facial animation. The Embody technology from US developer CaptiveMotion takes a new approach to motion capture. German studio metricminds reports on “cinema-quality facial animations” at the animago CONFERENCE.
18-Camera Motion-Capture Studio Brings L4 Students into Motion
Students on the 3D Design and Film and Television Design programmes at Berlin’s L4 Institute for Digital Communication now have access to a newly established, state-of-the-art motion-capture studio.
SIGGRAPH: Facial Motion Capture with FacePro
At SIGGRAPH, Digital Concepts Group introduced the FacePro motion-capture software. The toolset is designed for professionals and newcomers alike, helping them digitize a character's facial expressions.
Autodesk Acquires REALVIZ Assets, Developer of Image-Based Content Software
The acquisition strengthens Autodesk's position in 2D and 3D design innovation.
Registration Deadline for “Acting for Animators”
Registration for the DPIntensiv seminar Acting for Animators ends today, with last-minute applications still accepted through the DP website.
Autodesk Tools Drive Beowulf’s 3D Production
Sony Pictures Imageworks created the stereoscopic film with Maya and MotionBuilder for animation, performance capture and layout.
Realviz Bundles Eight-Camera Movimento Kit
The Movimento package combines eight Gigabit Ethernet cameras and a Windows XP workstation for markerless motion capture outside a studio.
Metricminds celebrates House Warming Week in Frankfurt
After four months of conversion work, the new metricminds studio is ready for use. To duly inaugurate the new location of the Frankfurt motion capture studio, the “HouseWarmingWeek” will be celebrated from October 29, 2007 – November 2, 2007. Customers, colleagues and interested people from the media landscape are invited to heat things up in Frankfurt.
News from The Witcher
On Tuesday, ATARI celebrated the German premiere of the computer game 'The Witcher' in Frankfurt am Main. Around 250 guests had accepted the internationally active publisher’s invitation and come to CineStar METROPOLIS to experience the presentation of the fantasy role-playing game on the large cinema screen.
Red Carpet for “The Witcher”
ATARI Germany celebrates the release of the role-playing game "The Witcher" in Frankfurt am Main. The exclusive game premiere in the cinema is intended to help strengthen the location
Phoenix Technologies: New Mocap Accessories
Suits, gloves and markers make working with the system easier
SIGGRAPH 2007: Motion Tracking for Everyone
With its extremely inexpensive motion-tracking solution for 5000 US dollars, NaturalPoint caused a sensation at SIGGRAPH. DIGITAL PRODUCTION did not want to miss this and visited their SIGGRAPH stand. An interview with Jim Richardson, President of the company, and cooperation partner Alex Furer from plugin manufacturer Motion4U.
MotionBuilder 7.5 Receives Extension 2
Autodesk releases Extension 2 for its 3D character-animation and storytelling application MotionBuilder 7.5.
SIGGRAPH 2007: 3D zoetrope in real time
The two Californian companies Mova and Gentle Giant Studios are demonstrating a 3D zoetrope at SIGGRAPH 2007 that breathes life into the 3D model of a face.
Animazoo Presents IGS-190 Motion Capture
Animazoo introduces the IGS-190 inertial motion-capture system after more than two years of development.
Realviz and Regard 3D Present Movimento
Motion-capture solution to be seen at two roadshow dates in Munich
New Realtime Mocap System
Canadian manufacturer Phoenix Technologies presents the Visualeyez II VZ4000, a system with a direct connection to Motionbuilder
Realviz Movimento
At the Game Connection trade show in Lyon, Realviz is presenting a new motion-capture tool
Softimage Announces XSI 6
Manufacturer promises accelerated animation tools, improved pipeline integration
Softimage Releases CAT 2.5 for 3ds Max
Character animation plug-in promises 3ds Max artists an improved workflow
SIGGRAPH: Generate 3D characters with iClone
Reallusion presents new versions of iClone and CrazyTalk
Realviz Brings Movimento to SIGGRAPH
The motion-capture application starts at €16,000 and supports two or more cameras.
Autodesk: MotionBuilder 7.5
Improved motion capturing and a smoother development pipline for game developers are promised by the first update under Autodesk's aegis.
SIGGRAPH: MotionBuilder 7 Debuts
The new version is designed to handle extensive, data-intensive animation tasks
Siggraph: Avid Presents New Facial Animation Technology Face Robot
Computer model of soft facial tissue is at the centre
Siggraph: Try Out Mocap and Video Editing in the “Guerilla Studio”
Hall for experimenting with hardware and software under guidance
“King Kong”: Trailer and Postproduction Diary Online
Extensive production reports available as QuickTime files
NaturalMotion Introduces Endorphin 1.6
NaturalMotion presented version 1.6 of its Endorphin animation software, with camera-data and live-footage import.
TurboSquid Adds Custom 3D Model Commissioning
TurboSquid has added a commissioning platform that matches project requirements with registered 3D artists.
New Character Animation Toolkit Available as Plug-In for 3ds max
The New Zealand company Character Animation Technologies presents CAT (Character Animation Toolkit) 1.0, a new plug-in for 3ds max for animating characters.
MotionBuilder 5 Expands Character Workflow
MotionBuilder 5 added a Story timeline, real-time OpenGL rendering, broader file support and professional mocap and asset tools.
Wireless Mocap System Leaves the Studio
Measurand’s wireless motion-capture suit used 802.11b, IP-addressed sensors and laptop recording for location-based capture.
Spider-Man | Retro article
Review: In DP 03 : 2002 came "With great power, great responsibility", as Sam Raimi's first Spider-Man film became a huge success. We spoke to the visual effects designers about the tension of latex suits - and of course VFXs.
Discreet Ships Character Studio 4
Character Studio 4 added dynamics-based motion mixing, constraint-aware mixdowns and quaternion curves for more natural 3D character animation.
Vicon iQ Motion-Capture System Begins Shipping
Vicon iQ unified motion-capture processing from marker detection through editing, skeleton fitting and export to Maya or MotionBuilder.