Rokoko launches facial capture add-on for its mocap systems

New iPhone X app lets you capture facial animation alongside full-body data and stream it to UE4, Unity or MotionBuilder.

Friday, July 12th, 2019

KeenTools releases FaceTracker for Blender

Much-anticipated facial mocap plugin for Blender gets its official release. Now supports animation retargeting to Rigify rigs.

Friday, November 22nd, 2024

Ziva Dynamics launches Ziva Face Trainer

Cloud-based AI facial rigging service generates 'real-time faces' for use in Maya, Unity and UE4.

Thursday, August 11th, 2022

Download 32 free mocap moves and 4 rigged characters

Get free rigged 3D characters and mocap moves from Reallusion's ActorCore library. FBX format, for commercial use.

Monday, January 24th, 2022

Download the free Moves by Maxon iOS mocap app

Update: free app can now create 3D scans of objects in Cinema 4D, as well as capturing mocap data.

Thursday, December 16th, 2021

Epic Games releases free iOS app Live Link VCAM for UE4

New virtual cinematography app lets you control a 3D camera inside Unreal Engine using your iPad.

Thursday, September 9th, 2021

Eye candy: Epic Games' new 'Slay' Unreal Engine demo

Watch the action-packed CG short, then download its fully rigged and animated lead character for free.

Wednesday, September 8th, 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

Check out neat iOS camera mocap app VirtuCamera

Handy $5 app turns your iPhone or iPad into a real-time virtual camera controller for Maya or Blender.

Monday, March 22nd, 2021

CamTrackAR exports camera tracks to Blender for free

FXhome's iOS camera tracking app also exports to HitFilm; the paid version exports to After Effects.

Tuesday, August 4th, 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

Apple acquires IKinema

Motion capture technology firm's middleware and IKinema Action plugin for Maya are no longer available for sale on its website.

Thursday, October 10th, 2019