The equipment for motion capture costs tens of thousands of dollars, so to have at least a couple of these high quality sets can afford only very wealthy video game or film Studio. Want costumes and the whole kit? Well, take turns and cook for money — it always has been, but now think there may be a more affordable alternative, developed by the Danish start-up Rokoko. The developers claim that the suit of motion capture Smartsuit Pro does the job just as Hollywood gadgets, but it is worth ten times cheaper.
Skintight body Smartsuit nineteen Pro is equipped with gyroscopic sensors, well distributed across all key areas of the garment — this allows the suit to enable clear movement of the head, arms, hands, legs, and accurately capture the body turns. All information passed to was developed by Danes clothing, arrives at the local hub either via Wi-Fi goes directly to the computer allowing after recording of all the movements, you can immediately start editing, exporting the result in Unity or Blender.
Suit battery lasts about six hours, and if they are dead, they can be replaced “on the fly”. Also Smartsuit Pro is easy to install and remove, this cover is suitable for people of almost any build. All perfectly “breathes” and does not restrict movement, which is especially important during long shots, but the developers not recommend to wear under a suit of ordinary clothes — so it will be cooler, and the movements are transmitted precisely.
The costume is in development, so it is not very clear, if it’s washable, and it is impossible to jump in and lie — in these two cases, the relationship with the overalls is lost. Before the advent of Smartsuit commercially far away — start sending orders the developers plan until 2018, so will probably bring it to mind. The price is $ 2,500.
Developed Smartsuit Pro is an affordable suit of motion capture for indie studios
Vyacheslav Larionov