Special offer
FOR THE AUSTIN AND DALLAS TEXAS AREAS ONLY, one-hour FREE demo of the Xsens MVN system at your location.
Pricing
$2500 per session. Additional $500 per day if air travel and hotel are required. (Pricing on this 'page subject to change at anytime.)
What is aaanimated?
AAAnimated is a mobile motion capture service powered by the Xsens MVN inertial motion capture system. That's right, AAAnimated will bring its mocap equipment to you! Our Motion Capture Technician will travel to you, suit up your actor, on-set at your location, and capture the motion you need. The actor must be provided by the studio, as well as sets and props if needed.
The Xsens MVN inertial motion capture system requires no special cameras, lights, IR reflectors, or designated studio space. Line-of-sight sensor tracking is not required, so the mocap suit can be worn under your actor's clothes. Xsens' sensors use radio waves to track and send data back to a laptop, so dropped or occluded sensors are never an issue.
AAAnimated is a convenient affordable motion capture solution for everyone - from individual app developers to Indie game & film creators to major broadcast tv, film, f/x, production, and game development studios. Our mocap services include capturing offline assets for games, cinematics, previz, and commercial applications, as well as real-time mocap streaming for live events.
The Xsens MVN inertial motion capture system requires no special cameras, lights, IR reflectors, or designated studio space. Line-of-sight sensor tracking is not required, so the mocap suit can be worn under your actor's clothes. Xsens' sensors use radio waves to track and send data back to a laptop, so dropped or occluded sensors are never an issue.
AAAnimated is a convenient affordable motion capture solution for everyone - from individual app developers to Indie game & film creators to major broadcast tv, film, f/x, production, and game development studios. Our mocap services include capturing offline assets for games, cinematics, previz, and commercial applications, as well as real-time mocap streaming for live events.
Why aaanimated?
After twenty years in the games industry, I began to wonder, "Why is motion capture still so expensive? With consumer-friendly affordable systems like Xsens MVN, shouldn't mocap be available to everyone?" After researching this question, I discovered that NO ONE is focused on bringing a mobile/portable motion capture solution to consumers. And so, AAAnimated was born.
Often, mocap customers travel by plane to accommodate using such a service - it's expensive and time-consuming! The logistics and costs associated with air travel are enough to dissuade most costumers. And, traveling to an unfamiliar studio space for motion capture can be stressful, disorienting, and take a Creative Lead away from a studio or project when they are needed most.
As for companies that invest in an in-house mocap solution, they pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for a system that sits idle most of the year. Their investment requires a large designated motion capture space, numerous expensive cameras, special lighting, rigging, tracking software, IR reflectors, etc. Not to mention, they have to carve-out that designated capture space from an already crowded work environment.
Save yourself the hassle. Let AAAnimated come to you!
Often, mocap customers travel by plane to accommodate using such a service - it's expensive and time-consuming! The logistics and costs associated with air travel are enough to dissuade most costumers. And, traveling to an unfamiliar studio space for motion capture can be stressful, disorienting, and take a Creative Lead away from a studio or project when they are needed most.
As for companies that invest in an in-house mocap solution, they pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for a system that sits idle most of the year. Their investment requires a large designated motion capture space, numerous expensive cameras, special lighting, rigging, tracking software, IR reflectors, etc. Not to mention, they have to carve-out that designated capture space from an already crowded work environment.
Save yourself the hassle. Let AAAnimated come to you!
Who is aaanimated?
Founder and Chief Creative Officer (CCO) Duane Molitor is a 20-year veteran of the game development industry who recognized the need for a low-cost high-quality motion capture solution that should be mobile/portable and available to everyone.
Where is aaanimated?
Headquartered in Frisco TX, AAAnimated serves all states in the US.
what you get
Onsite Xsens MVN system (one capture suit) with technician/operator/mocap specialist running MVN Studio.
2 hours setup/orientation/calibration and 6 hours of motion capture.
Delivery of raw motion capture assets saved in BVH or FBX file formats, plus Actor (proportions) file.
2 hours setup/orientation/calibration and 6 hours of motion capture.
Delivery of raw motion capture assets saved in BVH or FBX file formats, plus Actor (proportions) file.
sample files
Below are two free MVN export files available for testing; the "idle" motion (captured for a "Grape Toss" mini-game) has been saved in both BVH and FBX file formats.
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Xsens MVN Inertial Motion Capture System