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Try this browser-based tool for generating animated 3D avatars from video footage, photos or real-world measurements. Free in beta.

Thursday, August 29th, 2024

Intuitive add-on can generate an animated 3D reconstruction of an actor's head from video footage, for animation. VFX or motion graphics.

Thursday, August 22nd, 2024

Browser-based AI mocap platform now extracts Mixamo-compatible hand motion from live video. Available with free subscriptions.

Friday, August 9th, 2024

Unusual tool for creating software-agnostic animation libraries gets new AI-based markerless full-body motion-capture system

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024

Browser-based AI mocap platform now extracts facial and full-body animation from the same video. Available with free subscriptions.

Friday, December 22nd, 2023

Much-anticipated new iOS app lets you use Move AI's markerless mocap technology on video captured on a single iPhone.

Tuesday, November 7th, 2023

New AI-based service extracts multi-actor motion data from video in real time, and streams it to Blender, Maya, Unity or UE5.

Friday, September 1st, 2023

Promising new AI-based mocap service now available via monthly as well as annual subscriptions.

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

Promising AI-based markerless mocap system now works on video from any device, not just iPhones.

Monday, March 20th, 2023

Promising new app aims to capture production-quality mocap for games and VFX on 2-6 iPhones.

Wednesday, March 1st, 2023

Firm aims to bring the cloud-based mocap system to new professional visual effects and animation users.

Friday, May 27th, 2022

Try promising open-source add-ons for camera tracking and markerless facial, finger and body mocap.

Wednesday, February 9th, 2022

Unusual app for building reusable animation libraries gets nonlinear motion editing and new facial rigging and animation toolsets.

Saturday, January 15th, 2022