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hello vmaslov, of course I would like to ask your questions and thanks for undersatnding by the way. 1. Did you specifically look for another mocap solution because you were not satisfied with iPi Motion Capture? It`s not that I wasnt satisfy with Ipi Studio. It`s just that is not realtime and I just dont want to spend money in expensive graphic cards to make the tracking faster. 2. If yes, what are the main drawbacks you may list? Well the main and I think only Drawback is that is not realtime, and the fact that it takes a lot of time to track an animation, having said that let me tell you that I consider Ipi studio one of the best Mocap solutions, Why? because you were smart to allow the use of the ps3 cameras with its 75 fov, this is very helpful to use in small spaces. I started to use Ipi studio with only 4 cameras, then I went to 8 and it was so exciting, I can only imagine what could I do with 16 ps3 cameras, but I dont own version 3 and to be prefectly honest the suscription mode that you went since version 3 it`s a huge let down because once the year or 3 years passes well it`s bye bye license and let me tell you time passes really fast, please dont take this in the wrong way, it`s not my intention to offend anyone. Like I said, Ipi studio is really amazing, you have put in one software evrything in order to make full motion capture, you can even animate fingers , creatign finger poses it`s really wonderful and im talking about version 2, I beleieve version 3 is even more powerful. 3. Maybe you could compare OptiTrack with iPi? What do you like better in which solution? Im just finishsing installing Optitrack system, just got the wand this morning, I know exactly what optitrack does without even use it yet. I know it will have its drwabacks cause the lens is not as wide as the ps3 cams so i wont have much space as Ipi, but it`s real time and the license is forever. I also expect the tracking to be better, it is suppose to be better in terms of animation tracking, I hope, but again, I consider Ipi studio a really good solution. I also woould like to let you know that I own a 32 neruron Perception Neuron kit. Also real time, at first it has lots of problems but these problems are solved by just learning how to use the suit properly. Perception Neuron will be useful to me because im not restricted to a performance area, i can go wherever I want via wifi and it works like a charm, so in the end I will mix both Optitrack and perception neuron. I think guys the next step for Ipi Studio should be real time and please if you can go back to perpetual licensing that would be nice.
Sorry for the long post, I hope this can clear some things and bring new better things in the future. Im not close to come back to Ipi depends on changes in the future. It woudl be nice to have 3 mocap solutions that i can combine to create different options for animation.
Best Regards wicq
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