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OptiTrack Launches Motive

Motion capture provider OptiTrack launches Motive, a unified software platform designed to eliminate the complexities historically associated with motion capture workflows.

Corvallis, OR – Motion capture provider OptiTrack announced the launch of Motive, a unified software platform designed to eliminate the complexities historically associated with motion capture workflows.

Motive delivers cleaner motion data, enables larger capture volumes and can be tailored to meet a full range of production studio and research facility needs. With an easy-to-navigate interface, Motive provides a high-performance solution for data management and processing as well as skeleton solving. When customized with the Motive Body Module add-on, the system delivers simultaneous full body and finger tracking, even in very large capture areas.

“We’ve always taken a position that motion capture shouldn’t be so difficult, and it shouldn’t be so expensive,” said Jim Richardson, CEO of OptiTrack. “With the release of Motive, we’re making it easier than ever to integrate motion capture into facilities and productions of all sizes at very accessible price points. Coupled with OptiTrack’s cameras, the highest performers in the industry, we’ve set a new bar for performance in optical motion capture.”

“Robust motion capture is an essential part of the Autodesk virtual production pipeline and OptiTrack has completely upped their game with the Prime 41 cameras and Motive,” noted Bruno Sargeant, Autodesk Senior Product Manager.

Beta versions of Motive have been available to select OptiTrack customers and the software is already positively impacting their workflows.

“We chose OptiTrack for several reasons. The Prime 41 cameras outperformed their competition, and the Motive software suite is unparalleled,” explained Chuck Ghislandi, Motion & Animation Director of Game On Audio. “This combination of superior hardware and 64 bit software allowed us to design and build a very large capture stage, and gave us confidence that we could capture more actors for longer takes. The OptiTrack system is completely scalable so we know that we can continue to enhance our system to meet the growing expectations of next-gen games and films.”

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Motive key features include:

  • 64-bit, multi-threaded architecture facilitates the tracking of more objects and actors, longer recordings, and support for hundreds of cameras per system
  • Body Module add-on provides one-click subject calibration, precision finger tracking (with Flex 13 or Prime cameras) and kinematic labeling for clean real-time output
  • System setup has been simplified to reduce prep time by 75 percent and can be handled by a single operator
  • Flexible architecture and free SDKs offer users to access data at any stage, providing users a truly open motion capture platform
  • New shot management system, with drag and drop asset selection
  • Easy export of Motive skeleton to a fully proportioned Autodesk MotionBuilder actor with markerset

Motive is available for $999 and the Body Module add-on is available for $1499. Existing OptiTrack customers with current software licenses will be upgraded to Motive at no additional cost.

Source: OptiTrack

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Formerly Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network, Jennifer Wolfe has worked in the Media & Entertainment industry as a writer and PR professional since 2003.