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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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Report: Apple Acquires Motion Capture Firm IKinema

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According to a MacRumor report and regulatory filings with the UK government, Apple may have quietly acquired UK-based motion capture firm IKinema. At the time of this writing, the company’s site has been reduced to support documentation for their various software products.

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Sony Reveals New Lightweight Motion Trackers For VR

VRScout

Sony will also release an SDK that will allow you to import your motion capture data into 3D animation programs. Now Sony is back with another game-changing portable, the Mocopi motion capture system. Typically motion capture is something you’d see in a big Hollywood movie. Probably not.

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StretchSense built an actually comfortable hand-motion capture glove

TechCrunch VR

New Zealand-based StretchSense, a maker of hand motion capture technology, believes virtual and augmented reality are going to replace the smartphone as the dominant way we interact with digital worlds and each other. “The really core advantage is that we actually make garments, not devices. ” StretchSense closed a $7.6

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MOCOPI- Motion Capture will allow creators to leverage avatar for storytelling

XROM

Mocopi is a motion capture system that will allow creators to perform full body tracking in 3D anywhere by simply attaching the 6 small sensors [link] Sony has launched an interesting product called Mocopi , consisting of six motion-tracking bands worn on your hands, feet, back and head, with a price of 49,500 yen (about $358).

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To embody Wonderlands’ Tiny Tina, motion capture actor had to become a gremlin

Digital Trends

To bring the titular hero of Tiny Tina's Wonderlands to life, her motion capture artists had to embrace her inner gremlin.

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Rokoko’s New Motion Capture Suit Available For Pre-Order

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Motion capture can find its roots in the art of rotoscoping, a technique developed in 1915 where animators trace over motion picture footage. Motion capture takes that to the next level by using different suits and tools to record the movement of subjects for use in various forms of media on 3D models.