So if get this correct. Express for $250 is not available and only the beta version is available for $495. I noticed that it states you get a FREE upgrade to the full 1.0 release version. Which version do you get upgraded too the Standard or the Basic version? From my reading in the forums it appears that the Beta is the Standard version with 4 cameras enabled. Thanks...

BTW, how well does this work with Messiah or Lightwave?

Hi,

Yes, right, customers who purchased Beta will be upgraded for free to 4-camera version.

At this point, we do not have specific optimizations for Messiah or Lightwave, but I've heard that people were able to use our software with Messiah or Lightwave with the help of our "3D MAX-friendly" animation export option.

You can help us improve support for Messiah or Lightwave by sending me examples of animation files accepted by Messiah or Lightwave.

Do you mean Animation files or motion capture files?

Both, if possible.

please when the express version will be availiable?

Express (single-camera) version is still far away from release. Currently, we concentrate more on multi-camera version because that's what most users ask for.

Anyone see this new development in non-marker based mocap?

Sparse Multi-view Video

So how is the multi-camera version coming along? I see that your able to use PS3 cameras now but from what I am reading on the forums it doesn't seem to be getting any better results than the last time I checked in here.

This is just one of dozens of markerless mocap systems being researched. We closely monitor all ongoing research on this topic but I think there is nothing to comment - research mocap systems have little to do with commercial mocap systems.

We have numerous speed and accuracy improvements in latest versions. New versions of iPi Recorder and iPi Studio will be released soon, with more improvements.