Vicon releases Shōgun 1.10
Motion-capture software gets better finger and prop tracking, plus better integration with MetaHumans.
Tuesday, September 26th, 2023
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The FreeMoCap Project: markerless mocap for $100?
Promising open-source project aims to track bodies, fingers and faces on two consumer webcams.
Monday, July 26th, 2021
OptiTrack ships Motive 3.0
In beta: optical mocap software's new 'Quantum Solver' can track 10 actors simultaneously. See all of its new features and new pricing.
Tuesday, July 13th, 2021
Vicon ships Shōgun 1.2
Now available: optical mocap firm's utility software gets SDI support, custom skeleton solving, plus live link to stream data directly to UE4.
Thursday, April 26th, 2018
OptiTrack ships Motive 2.0
Mocap software for firm's optical tracking systems gets neat ability to 'self-heal' calibration drift, support for OptiTrack Active VR solutions,
Friday, November 17th, 2017
Creative Dimension Software ships 3DSOM Pro 4
Updated: Image-based modelling tool gets more flexible, higher-res capture process, WebGL export.
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015
iPi Soft ships iPi Motion Capture 3.0 product line
Updated: markerless mocap system now captures up to three actors from 4 Kinects or 16 PlayStation Eyes.
Tuesday, February 24th, 2015
Faceshift 2014 ships
Kinect-based facial scanning and markerless mocap tool gets quicker setup, improved tracking quality.
Friday, June 20th, 2014
OptiTrack releases Motive motion-capture software
Mocap setup and solving system gives full-body and finger capture for less than the cost of MotionBuilder.
Wednesday, March 6th, 2013
Mikros Image open-sources Puli and ColorTribe
Leading French VFX house releases Maya/Nuke renderfarm manager and colour-management tools for free.
Tuesday, September 11th, 2012
Andersson Technologies ships SynthEyes 2011.1
Latest update to affordable camera tracker adds new lens calibration and coordinate setup systems.
Friday, December 9th, 2011