MOTION CAPTURE & TRACKING

Model

Company

Method

Frequency

DOF

Latency

#Sensors

Range

Accuracy

Price

IsoTrak II		 Polhemus magnetic 30Hz 6 20ms 2 optimum up to 30"
possible up to 5ft		 0.1", 0.75° $2875
  • 3D digitizer and a dual receiver motion tracker
  • medium resolution, accuracy and range
  • output: (x,y,z)position, cosines, Euler angles or quaternions for direction
  • HMD tracking
  • Mean technology & support
  • High prices

FastTrak		 Polhemus magnetic 120Hz -> 1 rcver
30Hz -> 4		 6 4ms 4 standart up to 10ft
possible up to 30 ft with optional long ranger transmitter		 0.03", 0.15° $6050
  • RT response/tracking
  • HMD, hand tracking
  • output: (x,y,z)position, cosines, Euler angles or quaternions for direction
  • sensitive to metallic environment
  • Mean technology & support
  • High prices

starTrak		 Polhemus magnetic 120Hz/recvr 6   max 16/actor
2 actors/system		 27" -> 15ft Long Ranger
5ft -> 25ft Super Nova
wireless up to 330ft		 1"/recvr, 2°/recvr  
  • wireless motion capture system
  • ability to operate in RT
  • Run time:
    1 - 8 recvr, 1 battery -> 1.5 h
    9 - 16 recvr, 1 battery -> 0.75 h
  • PC workstation, VGA monitor, keyboard and mouse included
  • Mean technology & support
  • High prices

Flock Of Birds		 Ascension Technologies magnetic up to 144Hz 6   1-4 4ft 0.07", 0.5°  
  • Head/Hand/Instrument Body Tracking
  • X,Y,Z positional coordinates and orientation angles, rotation matrix, or quaternions

3D Bird		 Ascension Technologies   160Hz 3 (orient.)   1/serial port   2,5-4°  
  • Sourceless Orientation Tracking
  • no magnetic transmitter, metallic interference virtually eliminated
  • Head/object tracking in simulators and virtual reality worlds

Motion Star		 Ascension Technologies magnetic up to 120Hz 6   up to 90
up to 18 sensors/rack 		3m 0.3"-0.6"
0.5°-1°		 220KF (12 senors Long Range)
  • character animation and biomechanics
  • Supported by all major animation software packages, including Alias/Wavefront, Softimage, 3D Studio MAX
  • Ethernet interface
  • sensitive to metal objects and stray magnetic fields

Wireless Motion Star		 Ascension Technoologies magnetic up to 100Hz 6   up to 20 3m 0.3"-0.6"
0.5°-1°		 420KF

SM3D 500		 SAGEIS optical 66Hz 6 15ms 24 leds
3 cameras 		up to 3m3 0.5mm 300KF
  • electromagnetic proof
  • infrared emitters

SM3D 1000		 SAGEIS optical 66Hzz 6   24 leds
3 cameras		 up to 2m3 0.25mm 300/400KF
  • electromagnetic proof
  • infrared emitters
  • - DOS, interface RS232 -> ask UDP/Ethernet interface with remote control lib

Gypsy 2.5		 Analogus electromechanical 30,60,120Hz 6   42 60ft 0.08°  
  • Character tracking
  • Distortion-Free
  • Free of Occlusion
  • Outdoor capture
  • Uses PC & batteries

IS300		 Intersense magnetic up to 150Hz 3 2-5ms 1->4   1-3° 30KF/sensor
  • Head tracking

IS600		 Intersense magnetic up to 180Hz 6 2-5ms 1-4 20x20ft 4mm,0.2°  
  • inertial + ultrasonic technology
  • complex to install/calibrate

Intertrax		 Intersense magnetic 256Hz 3 4ms 1     $1945
  • Head tracker to attach on a hmd

RealTime HiRes 3D Motion Capture System		 Motion Analysis optical 60/120/180/240Hz 6   up to 32 cameras     1265.5kF TTC 6 cameras HR RT (see description below)
  • 6 Hires FALCON cameras
  • Real time data capture system:
    • MIDAS video processing computer
    • Windows NT
    • Pentium II 800MHz, bi-proc, 128 Mo Ram
    • HD 20.4 Go
    • Internal CD Writer
    • Iomega Zip
    • Keyboard, mouse
  • Frame and sticks for dynamic calibration, furniture for monitors
  • Reflective markers set
  • Video Monitor 21", up to 240Hz
  • Tripods
  • Hires ExpertVision software for analysis and capture
 Options:
  • Mocap Solver (for characters motion, minimizes slidings and occlusions) : 84KF TTC
  • Director/Sequencer : 140KF TTC
  • MIDAS video processing computer
  • Plug-in to convert to SoftImage, 3DSMax, Maya: 54KF TTC
  • Plug-in RT to Kaydala, Maya Alive: 54KF TTC
  • Kintrak, biomechanical analysis and 3D sport
  • Face traker (markers + module): 37.5KF TTC

Optotrak		 Northern Digital optical 60-145Hz 6     fov: 34° x 34°/lens 0.15mm  
  • Requires Windows
  • infrared markers
  • any indoor environment

Body Tracker		 Puppet Works inertial up to 240Hz 6   26 2DOF encoders, 1 6DOF position tracker   0.15°  
  • exoskeleton hardware
  • any environment

Vicon 8RT		 Vicon - Oxford Metrics optical 120Hz 6   30 - 50 markers
up to 24 cameras 		    See below ...
  • reflective markers
  • PC,NT
  • + high quality measures
  • + advanced software (eliminate occlusions, markers labelling errors)
  • + easy to use (calibration)
  • + good service/support
  • - requires big space (camras must be far from measuring area
  • - difficult to add other equipment (cybergloves)
  • - sensitivity to daylight
Vicon 250 (no RT option) -> 910,4KF :
  • 5 cameras CCD 120/240Hz 648x484 8mm
  • Vicon 250 datastation (5 video channels)
  • Vicon Workstation 3.0 S/W + SDK
  • Calibration S/W
  • optical markers
 Vicon 8 10 cameras 120Hz -> 1616,5KF
  • 10 cameras CCD 120Hz 648x484 8mm
  • Vicon V8 datastation (12 video channels)
  • Vicon Workstation 3.2 S/W + SDK
  • Calibration S/W
  • optical markers (240 units)
  • RT option -> 302,5KF
Vicon 8 12 cameras 120Hz -> 1811,2KF 		Vicon 8 10 cameras M-cam -> 2070,9KF
  • 10 cameras HiRes NTSC or PAL, 1Mpixel @ 120Hz
  • Vicon V8 datastation (10 video channels)
  • Vicon Workstation 3.2 S/W + SDK
  • Calibration S/W
  • optical markers (240 units)
  • RT option -> 302,5KF
Vicon 8 12 cameras M-cam -> 2356,5KF

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