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AXIS Full-Body Controller Makes Motion Capture Easy

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Singapore-based technology company Refract is working to bring motion capture to everyone, regardless of your experience with technology. AXIS (Active XR Interface System) is a full-body controller that uses a combination of wireless sensors attached to key points on the body to deliver high-quality motion capture.

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Full Body VR Controller AXIS Launches Kickstarter

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Several months ago we covered Virtual Taekwondo , a captivating mixed reality experience from Singapore-based tech company Refract Technologies that allows competitors to battle each other in hand-to-hand combat using the company’s full-body motion capture system AXIS. Here’s what you need to know.

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Spatial Beats: Oculus, Snapchat and new XR Funding

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This week we cover a handful of new funding rounds, new Snap AR milestones and Oculus Quest sales Inflections, among other items. Arden’s Wake hits the Oculus Store. Finally, Penrose Studios’ award-winning narrative VR experience is available for the Oculus Rift for $7.99. W elcome back to Spatial Beats.

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Bizarre Interactive VR Performance ‘Scarecrow’ Makes VRChat Debut

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Earlier this year while attending the Sundance Film Festival , I had the chance to experience Scarecrow , an immersive theater experience that combines motion capture technology with temperature effects to deliver a one-of-a-kind interactive performance unlike anything available on Broadway at the moment. Image Credit: TAHI.

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Miranda: A Live Steampunk VR Opera Where You Play As Judge & Jury

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Miranda: A Steampunk VR Experience is a first-of-its-kind collaboration between LUMA , Tri-Cities Opera , Enhance VR , and Opera Omaha that blends the worlds of theater, VR, opera, and a live motion-capture for a unique experience that will have you putting on your sleuthing hat to solve a mysterious murder. You can get yours here.

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Sandbox is Building an SDK so Anyone Can Create for Its VR Attraction Platform

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Company CTO Idan Beck says its Sandbox SDK will have capabilities like “high-performance inverse kinematics, rigging, and motion capture capabilities,” and will include support for Unreal Engine, Unity, and Native. Sandbox says however that developers can create using more modest setups such as an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive.

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Time-bending Murder Mystery ‘The Invisible Hours’ Coming Soon to Quest

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Tequila Works today announced that their VR murder mystery game The Invisible Hours (2017) is making its way to Oculus Quest “soon,” the studio says. In a Gamasutra post , the creators speak a little about the game’s traditional facial and motion capture of live actors.