Free Motion Capture Data

Kinect Motion Capture

2011-06-18T10:00:00.000-07:00

Kinect Motion Capture

Many motion capture applications keeps coming for kinect. Kinect motion capture system can used by 3d applications for capturing motions for 3d animation softwares like motionbuilder, 3ds max, maya, poser, blender etc., And there are two successful motion capture applications using kinect motion sensor which enables animators to setup their own motion capture studio.

IPiSoft Kinect Motion Capture Application

Ipisoft comes with a first commercial kinect motion capture software. ipisoft released its desktop motion capture software a year ago. It uses markerless motion capture technology. You just need to record a video using webcam or their suggested sony play station eye for better results. Then their software process the video and converts it to motion capture files. Output supports various mocap formats- Biovision .BVH format including 3DS MAX .BVH,MotionBuilder .BVH,Endorphin .BVH,iClone .BVH,Blender .BVH, FBX,COLLADA (.dae),Valve Software’s Source Engine animation .SMD

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Kinect Motion Sports – Future Of Gaming

2011-06-12T23:31:00.000-07:00

Game manufacturers included body motion to their video games using motion capture technology as a way to make their creations less complicated and significantly less intimidating to game players. In future motion capture is going to become integral to most of the games including action,sports, role play and shooting games that are most anticipated by pro gamers.

Kinect motion sports is the interactive way to play motion video games. Kinect Motion Sports is the starting point to the virtual reality & motion sensor games. Kinect motion sport includes hang gliding, soccer, football, horseback riding, boxing, and skiing.

Sees some videos below featuring kinect motion sports review & may be Kinect Motion Capture is the future of gaming.

Poser Figure Artist - Virtual 3D Models for Artists

2011-06-10T09:45:00.000-07:00

Poser Figure Artist is a virtual studio supplying really practical human models to help artists create human figure art for canvas, sculpture or digital artwork. Artists can choose from ready-to-use human figure models and lots of of poses, outfits, expressions, hair styles and backgrounds, set the tone with a a number of lighting options, after which it see their scene from any camera angle. The resulting Three-dimensional human figure is a realistic appearance that artists can use as a model to help draw, sculpt or paint the human form. Poser Figure Artist is a useful addition for artists who want to make use of the human form in their artwork or studies, and would prefer an option to wooden mannequins and costly, live models.

Poser Figure Artist has many applications:

Make Art in A lot of Kinds - Artists can create finished figure art in countless distinct styles, from photorealistic to pastel, charcoal, or pen and ink, or use your virtual model for painting or sculpture.

Substitute Wooden Mannequins - Poser Figure Artist's virtual models can change wooden mannequins and live models. Virtual models never tire or modify position, and are always out there so you can return to your model whenever and keep on your work.

Use as Assisting Tool - Poser Figure Artist presents a digital classroom so you can locate more and far better understand figure art, discover about the 3D perspective, vanishing points, lighting, shadows and a lot more.

Free Mocap Data From BeyondMotion

2010-07-20T04:04:00.000-07:00

BeyondMotion.com.au offers free motion capture data in three different formats - BVH, FBX and C3D

Following motions are available for free download

Back Flip
Climb
Sit on Chair
Slip Down
Stand Wave
Walk Turn 180

Click Here To Download

Free Motion Capture Session For Game Developers

2010-06-12T08:01:00.000-07:00

Hi Guys,

Just came across a forum post in gamedev.net which offers one hour of free motion capture session for game developers. The exact post and link to original post below,

Hi I am Buddhi From Beyondmotiom.com.au

We are developing a system which users can direct and capture their desired motion through online. At the moment we testing our system therefore we would like to offer one hour free of charge motion capture session.
Not only that we will edit and re target the one hour captured data free of charge.

if anyone interested please let us know.

Cheers _ Buddhi

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So Game Developers Hurry & Make use of this offer.

Poser Library Browser and Manager

2010-05-06T01:18:00.001-07:00

P3dO Explorer is a Poser Library Browser and manager.
Navigate your Runtimes, Search content, Open in Poser. 3D Viewing (OBJ), list CR2 content.
Also support for Daz Studio and Carrara.

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Automate Poser Breathing

2010-04-27T21:07:00.000-07:00

A little script to automate the breathing process during animation.

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Sensorless Motion Capture Technology

2010-04-21T23:29:00.000-07:00

Living Room For Poser

2010-04-15T19:45:00.000-07:00

Fully furnished Livingroom with chair, dining table, coffee table curtain, cabinet, round carpet, pillow, love seat, arm chair, hanging lamp, floor lamp, dining cart, bowl, glas, ash tray, vase and 4 pictures. Included is also a Pz3 with most of the items including lights loading, 3 cam settings and 2 light sets.

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Michael 4 Emotions for Poser

2010-04-14T18:04:00.000-07:00

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Download Bvhacker 1.6.1 - Free BVH File editor and previewer

2010-04-07T01:14:00.000-07:00

Bvhacker 1.6.1- Free BVH File editor and previewer

New Features in version 1.6.1
In addition to the square shoulders feature...

* Now possible to associate bvh files with bvhacker, so bvhacker can be the default editor for bvh files
* Now possible to open bvh files by dragging them onto bvhacker (drag and drop opening)
* Ability to undo last operation
* Simple resampling (downsamples to half number of frames)
* Split and enhanced SLify function into to separate functions (Attempt SL bone renaming, Attempt retarget to SL). Joint sizing function now uses quaternion magic for a far smoother conversion of arms axis alignment and joint rotation order
* Added support for bvh files with position and scale motion data values
* Separated display of joint offset and motion translation data. Joint offsets now displayed in joint properties and translation data values are displayed on dynamic sliders.
* Added support to allow the typing in of values for slider X,Y and Z values
* Added support to allow the typing in of values for slider range
* Added support to allow the typing in of values for joint offsets in joint properties (X,Y,Z)
* Added support to allow the typing in of values for frame time
* Center function: centres the first frame of the animation in X and Z
* Added 26 new keyboard shortcuts (see below)
* Tidied menu and removed experimental functions
* Made file open and save dialogs re-sizable
* Global hips rotation is now possible ('standard' ZXY rotation order hips only)
* Added figure head to display

Visit http://www.bvhacker .com to download for free!

Brought to you by Truebones Motions

Alien Morph & Texture for Michael 4

2010-03-31T22:44:00.000-07:00

Popular alien for the basic model Michael 4.
Morph and Texture Set (Texture, Bump and Speculare maps, all 2048x2048 ).

Download Here

Romantic & Love Poses for V4 & M4

2010-03-31T01:33:00.000-07:00

Free Romantic poses for V4 and M4, requires a bench or couch prop.

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Roller Skates Motion Capture Video

2010-03-28T20:36:00.000-07:00

Watch the video of roller skates motion capture.

Import Poser / Daz Props into Blender with this Tool

2010-03-24T20:48:00.001-07:00

Import your Poser or Daz Studio props in to Blender with one click.

Working very well at this time. There are some limitations. See the product page for installation, use,limitations and for the latest version.

This may or may not work with Vista, Linux or Mac. It has not been test with them thus far. Please send me feed back if you have one of these OS.

Test with Blender 2.49

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Poses For Daz3d Cow

2010-03-23T20:35:00.000-07:00

4 new Poses for the Daz3D Cow.

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Naturalpoint Optitrack Motion Capture with Virtual Camera

2010-03-17T06:15:00.000-07:00

We knew virtual camera systems are starting gain traction, particularly in the world of cinema and within James Cameron's little set of toys, but it's pretty wild to see one in action. NaturalPoint is showing off its OptiTrack motion capture system at GDC, a budget-friendly multi-camera setup (if $6k is your idea of budget-friendly), but it also has a prototype of sorts of its upcoming virtual camera system. The camera's orientation and movement is actually tracked in the same way a motion capture suit is, and if you're in the same tracking space as a motion capture actor you can do "real" camera work with a live 3D rendered preview of the action. The shoulder-mounted camera has controls for virtual tracking and dolly moves, along with zoom, and has zero problem delivering that shaky handheld look that's all the rage in visual effects these days. There's no word on much this will retail for, but despite the fact that we have absolutely zero use for it we totally want one. Check out a video of it in action after the break.

Disney to Shut Down a Motion Capture Studio

2010-03-12T19:12:00.000-08:00

To further cut costs at its movie studio, The Walt Disney Co. said Friday that it will shut a San Francisco-area facility used to capture the performance of Jim Carrey for his digitally animated character, Scrooge, in "A Christmas Carol."

The closure of the facility in Marin County, north of San Francisco, will be completed by January and result in the loss of 450 jobs.

The facility was built by ImageMovers Digital, a company co-founded by "A Christmas Carol" director Robert Zemeckis and partially owned by Disney. Motion-capture technology in that facility was used to make the movie; Carrey wore sensors as he acted out scenes, and the data were used to recreate his character on the screen.

Before it closes, the complex will continue to be used by Zemeckis and his team to complete production of "Mars Needs Moms!," a 3-D movie set for release in March 2011.

CleanCR2 Free Poser Utility

2010-03-12T04:18:00.000-08:00

CleanCR2 is a utility designed to address a couple of chores conforming clothing merchants (and sometimes their customers) have to deal with. When saving clothing CR2 files out of Poser, AutoConforming ERC is broken. Also, cutting, pasting and using various software utilities on a CR2 file will cause the file's indentation to get messy, making it harder to read.

View the enclosed readme file for more information.

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Free Poses For Michael 4

2010-03-11T05:15:00.000-08:00

Tired of using the same M4 poses that came with the package? Try these 4 simple poses to get you started with your Michael 4 creations. Chair prop used by RichardT available at the Renderosity Free Stuff section. Clothing and skin textures are not included.

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ArMa Vision Horse Poses

2010-03-09T09:43:00.000-08:00

Poses for ArMa Vision Horse
("Arma Vision Horse" is a free model to download on Renderosity)

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Action Poses for M4

2010-03-04T19:41:00.000-08:00

This is a variety of action poses for Michael 4: 1 pose with a gun, 1 mage pose, 1 running pose and 1 action hero pose. Requires M4 from DAZ. Please remove IK before applying the poses. Have fun!

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Ultimate Motion Kit For Victoria 4 Includes 70 MotoBlocs

2010-02-23T10:12:00.000-08:00

Download this package of motion building blocks for Poser. This Package includes a variety of 70 MotoBlocs (pz2 animated pose files) that will make your animation work much easier.

What are MotoBlocs?

MotoBlocs are motion building blocks that an artist can combine to produce his or her own unique sequence of movements.

Each MotoBlocs Base package includes simple instructions on how to create motion sequences with Poser.

Types of MotoBlocs included in this Base package of 70 animated pose files:

Short and Long steps,
Walking loops,
Standing loops,
Pushing buttons,
Conversing (body movement only),
Waiting,
Waving and many more loops.
Left and Right turns.
Transitions to & from all other MotoBlocs.

Buy Now $29.99

Bike Riding Poses For M4 Poser

2010-02-17T03:13:00.000-08:00

Download 2 packages of Bike Riding Poser for Poser Character Michael 4.

Download Package 1

Download Package 2

Notes:Though this package is a stand-alone, it is being constructed based on "Sport Bike model v2" by humster3d.
Please refer to HowToImportBike02.txt contained in this package.
An import option is specified to grow bigger than the size of the motorcycle of #01.
The poses of M4 contained in this package is constructed based on that size.

StormTrooper Character For Blender

2010-02-10T20:22:00.000-08:00

Stormtrooper character rigged and textured for blender.

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