Even in the BTS video for Ted they talk about needing to clean up the motion capture data from the xsense system. Motion tracks from the kinect seem to be a little bit lower res than those of higher end systems but some of the artifacts were also visible in the Perception Neuron demo posted above. There is also a plug in that can live stream to autodesk motion builder. Programs in the Brekel suite are just under $100 each and can capture full body motion and export out in various formats to get that data into most popular 3d applications. Either way taking the model into 3ds max allows you to clean up the animation fairly easily.Ĭurrently Faceshift’s website is having some issues ( possibly due to a takeover by apple) but there is a cheap alternative that looks to have really good options for facial, body and hand motion capture called Brekel You can see that it gets a bit jittery, I’m still trying to figure out if this is because of the training or hardware limitations. Here’s a test with a mesh driven by my face. From there it can tell what shapes you’re making based on the deformations it’s detecting. Faceshift is a great tool for capturing facial animation, I had limited success with it but I believe it was a lack of understanding of the training section of the setup, the software asks you to make a series of faces and it builds a profile of how your face deforms as it moves to these poses. Once you have it connected to your pc you have a few options for capturing data. I think this is the part where I say do this at your own risk? This is the guide I used to get it working on my pc or if you want to be boring you can buy an adapter here It pretty much is a usb connection with two extra pins for the 12 volt power so cutting the cable off, connecting the data pins to a usb plug and wiring in a 12 volt power supply lets your pc recognise your kinect.
The xbox kinect uses a proprietary connector that almost looks like a usb cable with a corner angled off. Not as well as some of the other options above but with some time spent learning the calibration techniques it can get some very usable results. The xbox 360 kinect can be found at most cash converters stores for between $30 – $60 and actually has the ability to track motion fairly well. This is starting to get into the realm of possibility for a small studio looking to add motion capture to their arsenal (they also have the same system for $1200 for education institutes, I’m looking at you SAE)Įven cheaper still is something that should be in reach of those of us that are just wanting to have a play around and experiment with the technology.
A full pack with 32 sensors will only set you back $1500 and individual sensors can be purchased for $30. An even cheaper option in the same vein as the xsense is the Perception Neuron.
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