Motion capture suit (Mo-cap suit for short) is a wearable device that records the body movements of the wearer. Some of these suits also function as haptic suits.
Video Mo-cap suit
History
Introduced in the late 1980s, the Data Suit by VPL Research was one of the earliest mo-cap suits in the market. Sensors stitched in the Data Suit were connected by fiber-optic cables to computers that updated the visuals 15 to 30 times a second. The Data Suit was ahead of its time, selling for up to $500,000 for a complete system (along with the EyePhone and the Data Glove).
Maps Mo-cap suit
Current market
Tesla Suit
The Tesla Suit is a mo-cap suit that also uses neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) to give the wearer sensations of touch, force and even warmth.
PrioVR
The PrioVR is mo-cap suit which is available in three versions: the Core which comes with 8 sensors the upper body tracking; the Lite with 12 sensors for full body tracking; and the Pro with 17 sensors which adds for precision with the feet, shoulders and hips.
Perception Neuron
Perception Neuron by the Chinese company Noitom uses 9-axis IMU to capture the movements of the wearer. It also comes with motion-capturing gloves. Perception Neuron can be used in AltspaceVR.
Smartsuit Pro
The Smartsuit Pro by Danish company Rokoko uses an array of 19 embedded 9-degrees of freedom (9-DoF) IMU sensors to capture motion date from the person wearing the suit. This data is used to live stream user movement via WiFi, or record data to input into software such as Unity, Unreal Engine 4, or MotionBuilder.
Xsens
At GDC 2016, Xsens announced integration with Unreal Engine 4 Later that month, Xsens collaborated with Dutch technology company Manus VR in order to showcase an immersive VR experience.
See also
- Data glove
- Haptic suit
- Virtual reality headset
- Virtual reality
- Head-mounted display
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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