OptiTrack debuts two new sub-$2,500 mocap cameras
GDC 2014: Prime 13 and Prime 13W offer 1.3MP resolution, 240fps capture and Ethernet connectivity.
Tuesday, March 18th, 2014
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Faceware launches Indie Facial Mocap Package
New bundle deal saves $700 on Lite versions of firm's facial mocap software and GoPro headcam.
Thursday, March 6th, 2014
IKinema releases IKinema Action 3 for Maya
Update to mocap streaming and data-editing plugin adds automatic fixes for jitter and foot slippage.
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
Unity 4.3 adds new 2D tools and blendshape animation
Updated, now shipping: there's a new markerless facial mocap plugin and the Unity Cloud program, too.
Wednesday, November 13th, 2013
NewTek ships LightWave 11.6, NevronMotion, ChronoSculpt
LightWave updates and new tool for sculpting animation caches now shipping. See new videos of all three.
Friday, November 1st, 2013
Video: use mocap data to drive 2D animation
See IKinema's free WebAnimate browser-based retargeting tool in use to create not 3D, but toon animation.
Friday, October 18th, 2013
Faceware Technologies ships Analyzer 2.0, Retargeter 4.0
New Lite editions of the markerless facial mocap tools cut the price of a complete system to $1,190 per seat.
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013
How to recreate Gollum with four consumer camcorders
Watch Fabrice Visserot's amazing homebrew mocap set-up recreate a key scene from The Two Towers.
Thursday, August 29th, 2013
NewTek announces ChronoSculpt
New tool for sculpting animation caches lets users refine work or "paint out" simulation errors by hand.
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013
Dynamixyz announces Performer 7
Up-and-coming markerless facial mocap system gets new background solving and scripting options.
Monday, July 22nd, 2013
Faceware Technologies announces Faceware Live
Markerless facial-capture specialist announces new real-time system for broadcast and on-set pre-viz.
Thursday, July 18th, 2013
Mark Jackson ships Red9 Studio Pack 1.33 for Maya
Crytek TD's free rigging toolset gets new UIs for simplifying mocap data, adding smart noise to animation.
Monday, July 1st, 2013
Xsens launches MVN Awinda wireless mocap system
Trim wireless-based inertial mocap system avoids need to tie up actors with cables and battery packs.
Monday, June 24th, 2013