Just as I finished glowing about Mova as a revolutionary, one-of-a-kind motion capture system, I found another markerless mo-cap system from a company called Organic Motion. The OM requires no markers or even makeup, simple walk onto the stage and the mo-cap can begin.

The product was first announced back in March but just began shipping as of now. they have three diffenrt products: STAGE, which is targeted towards game development and animation capturing a single person’s movement; another, BioSTAGE, engineered for life sciences; and a third, which is a customizable system capable of capturing multiple subjects in a single space, which has been of interest to interactive installements at retail stores, according to OM reps.

STAGE is a sysem of 10 cameras that sep[erately rocord the 2D image and then the OM software calculates the movement in 3D space. The interesting thing about this product, besides the technical acheivement, is that it is an actual product that can be purchased, as opposed to other mo-cap systems that are offered as a service. The system ships for the low, low price of $80,000. That may seem like a high price tag but when you think of being able to use it for all your mo-cap needs without spending another dime, and even use it for things like pre-vis or animatics, the cost becomes minimal.

This will certainly be used by game developers. Whether it is robust enough to be used in film remains to be seen.