Arena: Motion Capture for the Masses
August 6th, 2007
Budding 3D graphics and animation buffs, there’s a new reason to get excited this morning. A company called NaturalPoint has just announced a complete motion capture systems that only costs about $5,000.
Traditional (if you can call them that) MoCap systems usually start around $30,000, and often much more. The OptiTrack ARENA system uses anywhere from six to twelve digital cameras to capture 3-dimensional body movements in real time, then store them in a data format that can be used by 3D animation systems.
The ARENA foundation system costs $4999 and will come with everything you need to make your own animations (other than the actor’s motion capture suit and markers, which will set you back around $400 to $500 extra.)
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Question retail price!
1st OptiTrack Motion Capture Fundation Packet incl. Software
2nd OptiTrack Motion Capture Suits
How much does it cost me the packet?
I ask for speedy reply!
Peter Bastian
You should contact the vendor for that information. Here’s their contact information:
http://www.naturalpoint.com/optitrack/support/information.html