Faceware ships Analyzer 3.8, Retargeter 5.8 and Shepherd
Neat AI-driven updates to firm's markerless facial capture software boost quality of automated solves.
Thursday, April 4th, 2019
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Epic Games releases Unreal Engine 4.22
Game engine gets support for real-time ray tracing on Nvidia GPUs, plus new animation and virtual production tools.
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019
Rokoko's Motion Library is coming to Maya
New plugin to let users buy moves recorded by top Hollywood mocap studios within Maya for $3-6 each.
Friday, March 22nd, 2019
Autodesk releases MotionBuilder 2019
Mocap editing app gets Clean Up Scene tool, updates to the Story Window and Camera Switcher.
Wednesday, January 16th, 2019
Autodesk ships Maya 2019 and Maya LT 2019
Both get improved Viewport 2.0 performance; Maya gets cached playback for animation previews.
Tuesday, January 15th, 2019
Neat new tool Glycon lets you record mocap in virtual reality
Low-cost app lets users record full-body motion capture in FBX format using an HTC Vive or Oculus Rift.
Monday, January 7th, 2019
Xsens releases MVN Animate 2019.2
Software for Xsens inertial mocap suits gets support for remote on-body recording, satellite positioning.
Thursday, November 15th, 2018
Download the free Kinect Mocap Toolkit For Windows
New free tool lets users record full-body mocap in BVH format via up to four secondhand Kinect sensors.
Sunday, November 4th, 2018
Faceware Technologies announces Shepherd
New mocap sync software to link firm's headsets to OptiTrack and Vicon full-body capture systems.
Thursday, October 11th, 2018
Epic Games ships free MotionBuilder Live Link for UE4
Free plugin streams mocap data from MotionBuilder to preview it inside Unreal Engine in real time.
Thursday, August 16th, 2018
Reallusion launches Motion Live for iClone
Updated: Nifty plugin lets users mix data from multiple mocap systems - and now iPhone X facial tracking.
Sunday, August 12th, 2018
Eye candy: DI4D's facial performance capture reel
See the firm's markerless mocap tech in use on Far Cry 5 trailers and MPC's VFX for Blade Runner 2049.
Sunday, July 1st, 2018
Face Cap lets you record facial mocap data on your iPhone X
Nifty free app uses the iPhone X's TrueDepth camera to capture facial mocap and export it in FBX format.
Tuesday, May 29th, 2018