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This is a question that has been hanging around mine head:
First: Is it possible to perform motion capture and apply them live in M4, V4, right into poser?
Second, it is still expensive ($ $)?
thank you

I agree the costs of software and hardware to perform motion capture are still expensive, especially for hobbyist like myself.
There were promises that with the availability of Kinect sensor motion capture will be more affordable, but I have not found yet
a good solution with the price justifying a purchase. There is a Motion Capture Assistant for Poser priced $99.99
http://www.contentparadise.com/productDetails.aspx?id=19580
If somebody has purchased it, I would like to know how good it is.

Yeah ... This seems like a good option right: (http://www.contentparadise.com/productDetails.aspx?id=19580)
But will have to buy the full xBox Kinect , to use the computer, or just the Kinect?

In the description of the Motion Capture Assistant, it is stated, that the xBox Kinect is necessary to capture a data
(without the xBox itself), but with the power supply for Kinect. It is connected via USB to the computer.
Be aware that there is also a Windows Kinect which uses different drivers (from Microsoft)
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/kinectforwindows/develop/
and when using with iClone Pro Mocap plugin allows commercial use of the captured data.
http://www.reallusion.com/iclone/iclone_mocap_device.aspx
I do not know if the Windows Kinect can be used with the Motion Capture Assistant.

You misunderstand, there is only one kinect. The windows drivers are required to get the kinect to work on a Windows pc.

you need 2 kinects for better mo-cap recording.
if you use 1 kinect the motion is not perfect.
same with ipisoft and 1 kinect = a serious mistake

also you need usb3.0 connection and SSD disk for fast recording to disk.

2 kinects???
And…
“also you need usb3.0 connection and SSD disk for fast recording to disk.”???
is still out of my reach for now

I know that it seems to be confusing, but actually there are 2 versions of Kinect, one for Xbox
and the second for Windows (released on February 1, 2012 and available in 12 countries:
United States, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, United Kingdom).
Read more on:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinect
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kinectforwindows/archive/2012/01/09/kinect-for-windows-commercial-program-announced.aspx

I have it and it works great with my one xbox Kinect. I bought it earlier this year when Content Paradise was having their half price sale. You can also get very personalized service from its developer, Andre O’Brien.

jaebea - 26 December 2012 11:02 PM

I have it and it works great with my one xbox Kinect. I bought it earlier this year when Content Paradise was having their half price sale. You can also get very personalized service from its developer, Andre O’Brien.

and you create succesful motions where you turn around or lift legs up and down? or arms close against limb or hip
doesn’t work well when use only 1 kinect.

Hi, jaebea
but wanted to know:
you get quite satisfying success with his M4 and V4 using kinect?

I have also found some free utilities for Kinect and will probably give them a try.
Kinect Mocap Basics
https://sites.google.com/site/mcasualsdazscripts2/kinect-mocap-basics
Brekel Kinect (free)
http://www.brekel.com/?page_id=155
Brekel has also some commercial utilities for Kinect, as well.
http://brekel.com/shop/
I am just wonder if anybody use them.

Artini - 26 January 2013 10:24 AM

I have also found some free utilities for Kinect and will probably give them a try.
Kinect Mocap Basics
https://sites.google.com/site/mcasualsdazscripts2/kinect-mocap-basics
Brekel Kinect (free)
http://www.brekel.com/?page_id=155
Brekel has also some commercial utilities for Kinect, as well.
http://brekel.com/shop/
I am just wonder if anybody use them.

Hello,
thanks for letting me know that, and I will analyze my chances on this.
However, in the last week, I bought ZignTrack2, and a C920 HD web camera.
Now I’m struggling to make Zign work, I am having difficulty with are the markers that need to be green in color (green dots), I just can not find it in my town, I tried to create some, but it did not work, I can only now, try with peas ...