iPi Soft Motion Capture
iPi Motion Capture™ is a scalable markerless motion capture software tool that supports 1 or 2 Kinect cameras or 3 to 8 Sony PlayStation Eye cameras to track 3D human body motions and produce 3D animation.
iPi Motion Capture is so powerful and cost effective. It’s fantastic to be able to come up with an idea and in a few minutes record exactly what you want and apply it to your characters. iPi is what mocap should be all about — making your ideas reality in a matter of minutes.
David Gonzalez, President of Mission Critical Studios, a New Jersey-based developer of mobile games: www.missioncriticalstudios.com
With iPi Motion Capture™ you can
- Record multi-camera video in regular office / home environment
- Track 3D human motions right at your desktop and produce 3D animation
- Clean-up / edit 3D animation using integrated clean-up / keyframing tools
- Transfer motions to 3D character and export 3D animation to most popular formats including FBX, BVH, Collada
iPi Motion Capture™ works with off-the-shelf equipment
- 1 or 2 Kinect / Xtion depth sensors or
- 3 to 8 Sony PS Eye cameras
- Runs on regular PC with gaming-class videocard
iPi Motion Capture™ is compatible with
- Autodesk 3DS Max, Maya
- Valve Source Engine, Unreal Engine, Unity
- CINEMA 4D, Lightwave
- Poser, DAZ3D, Blender and others.
Advantages
- no need for expensive facility space with special lighting, background and the team of technicians
- no need for clumsy sensor suits with reflective markers
- portable system that can be packed in a backpack with as less as 20-30 minutes set-up and calibration time
- allow up to 20 by 20 feet capture volume with minimum required space as small as 9 by 5 feet
- with integrated animation clean-up and motion transfer tools you do not necessarily need expensive 3rd party applications
- extremely affordable solution
iPi Motion Capture™ is a markerless technology that literally puts motion capture at animator’s desktop and brings a totally new workflow paradigm to Filmmakers, CG animators, videogame developers, broadcast motion graphics designers and prosumers
Customers are from
- Entertainment
- 3D design
- education
- military
- and other vertical markets
iPi Motion Capture™ is available in 3 editions
Express Edition:
- Entry-level configuration that works with one depth sensor (Kinect or Xtion)
- Easy to use but applicable for relatively simple motions without rotations
Basic Edition:
- Includes all basic features needed for high accuracy motion capture
- Supports capture with 2 depth sensors or 3 to 4 Sony PS Eye cameras
Pro Edition:
- Includes all high-end features including multiple persons tracking
- Supports capture with 2 depth sensors or 3 to 8 Sony PS Eye cameras
