Xsens cuts the price of its pro inertial mocap systems
New entry-level MVN Awinda Starter system and MVN Animate Basic software cost under $5,000.
Wednesday, April 7th, 2021
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iPi Soft releases iPi Motion Capture 4.4
Markerless mocap software suite can now stream motion capture data to Unreal Engine in real time.
Friday, March 26th, 2021
Reallusion ships iClone 7.9
Real-time character animation tool gets AccuLips automated lip-sync system, new 'Expression Plus' set of scan-based facial blend shapes.
Thursday, March 25th, 2021
Autodesk ships Maya 2022
Sizeable update to the 3D software adds 'full USD integration', new VR modelling app, and new character rigging and animation features.
Wednesday, March 24th, 2021
Autodesk ships Maya 2020.4 and Maya LT 2020.4
Check out the new features in the 3D animation software, including a big update to its Bifrost toolset.
Tuesday, December 8th, 2020
Mercenaries Engineering releases Rumba 1.0
Neat next-gen animation tool aims to rethink character work for VFX and feature animation pipelines.
Wednesday, November 11th, 2020
Autodesk ships Maya 2020.3 and Maya LT 2020.3
Latest updates improve character rigging and animation workflows with keyframe and mocap data.
Thursday, October 8th, 2020
Rokoko launches Smartgloves
Neat $995 inertial mocap gloves can be used to stream hand and finger tracking data live to apps like Maya, Blender, Unity and UE4.
Thursday, September 17th, 2020
Epic Games releases free iOS app Live Link Face for UE4
Impressive free app streams facial animation from an iPhone to a 3D character in the game engine.
Thursday, July 9th, 2020
Get 150 free mocap moves from Rokoko's Motion Library
Includes 50 new high-impact moves recorded specially by God of War stunt artist Eric Jacobus.
Thursday, March 19th, 2020
Autodesk ships Maya 2020.1 and Maya LT 2020.1
Maya gets new integration plugin for Rokoko's mocap library, better Bifrost performance, support for painting 16K textures.
Thursday, March 19th, 2020
Epic Games acquires facial mocap firm Cubic Motion
Unreal Engine developer continues to buy its partners from its recent real-time digital human tech demos.
Friday, March 13th, 2020
Master production workflows for Maya's nCloth toolset
Discover how to simulation clothing in Maya with The Gnomon Workshop's new video training.
Monday, January 27th, 2020