yoshi-mocap opened this issue on Jun 03, 2006 · 89 posts
madriver posted Thu, 08 June 2006 at 9:22 AM
Quote - Sure will. By the way what kind of motions do people want to capture? How do you intend to use the motions for? Anyone interested in facial capture also?
I have a wide range of motions to capture, from simple turning, walking and stopping to fighting scenes. I would use them in animated narrative films. Facial capture would be awesome, but not critical, because Mimic is available for a lot of that.
I'm also interested in beta testing if and when it happens. Please keep us posted.
Also, I don't know about everyone else, but I would probably NOT pay 2 grand for this system, simply because I could take that 2 thousand and book a mocap facility to get everything I'd need for a particular project. Yes, the other systems you mention are 40 and 50 grand, but that's because their clients are high end gaming companies and corporate movie studios, who will pay for those systems with one production. I don't have those clients and would only be using this for my own personal projects, in much the same way I use Poser, where the possibility of recouping any outlay of money is slim. If a piece of software or a utility isn't extremely reasonable (500-1000 max), I won't be buying it, I don't care if it can make my coffee and cook my breakfast.