Facial mocap-> If they can get it right, NP also has to

[curly01]

http://www. zigncreations. com/license.html

http://www. zigncreations. com/zigntrack.html



You have to setup a bones rig for the face. -> See atachment picture of CG Academy

training on facial bone rigging. Then you have to link the BVH file format to the rig.

That's it I guess. (The dots on the face should match the joints of the bones.)

http://www.cg-academy.net/pages/topic_r ... iate_4.php

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2D motion tracking
A secondairy feature of Zign Track is 2D motion tracking. With the 2D tracking function the

user can track up to 256 points in a video file. You can choose between several algorithms

to suite the kind of object you are tracking. The tracked motion can be exported as a BVH

file with moving bones. What you can do with this tracking data depends entirely on your

imagination. 2D tracking is not supported in A:M Track.


Compatibility
The BVH and TRC files created with Zign Track can be used by any 3D animation application

with BVH or TRC support that allows to make custom constraints. Some 3D applications for

this are Animation: Master, Blender and Motion Builder. In some other applications it can

be done using scripts. We are working on more export formats to make it easier for those

applications.
The A:M action files are compatible with Hash's Animation: Master V13 and higher. The Poser

pose files are compatible with e-Frontier's Poser 4 and higher.
You can find example files on the download page.


Zign Track / A:M Track 1.4 specifications:
Supported Operating systems Windows XP, Windows Vista
Supported video formats 24 bit color AVI, max. 2 GB. CODECS are not supplied and must

be installed. DV-AVI is not supported yet.
Required disk space for installation 6 MB
Motion export formats Biovision BVH*
TRC Marker data*
Poser pose PZ2* - compatible with Poser 4 and higher
A:M Action - compatible with Animation: Master V13 and higher
RAM needed 512 MB minimum, 1 GB or more recommended.
Required processor 1 Ghz Pentium or Athlon processor, or better.
Video adapter / monitor Minimum 1024 x 768, 24 or 32 bit color. Minimum 128 MB video

memory.
Recommended camera Minimum resolution 640 x 480, 25 FPS. PAL or NTSC is normal.
* Not supported in A:M Track


2D motion tracking
A secondairy feature of Zign Track is 2D motion tracking. With the 2D tracking function the

user can track up to 256 points in a video file. You can choose between several algorithms

to suite the kind of object you are tracking. The tracked motion can be exported as a BVH

file with moving bones. What you can do with this tracking data depends entirely on your

imagination. 2D tracking is not supported in A:M Track.

THEY ONLY USE WEBCAMS NOT THE BETTER HIGH END CAMERA'S OF NATURALPOINT. I HOPE THIS CAN BE DONE ALSO WITH THE NATURALPOINT SYSTEM. IT'S TECHNICALLY A LOT BETTER THEN JUST USING WEBCAMS. SO GO AHEAD AND BEAT THIS TECHNICALLY INFERIOR SYSTEM.

[rock soderstrom]

"SIGGRAPH 2008 :: August 12-14, 2008

SIGGRAPH 2008 The NaturalPoint team will be exhibiting at SIGGRAPH 2008 in Los Angeles. Make sure to witness live demonstrations of low cost, high-quality motion capture. Sample data, and the premiere of ARENA Expression, NaturalPoint's facial capture software, will be available at NaturalPoint booth #733."

I bet that Arena Expression will play on a different level than Zign Track. In one week we will see...

[Jim]

Hello:

We will be showing Arena Expression at SIGGRAPH, and we are very pleased with how it came out.

We have several partners for the software, including SoftImage Face Robot, and DAZ Studio. Both operate in real time with our streaming data.

The best thing is always the data, so we will be putting up data for everyone to check out.

And... Expression works with your existing V100 cameras.