Real-time Tracking for Live Preview

Note: Feature is available in Basic and Pro editions only.

Introduction

Note: This feature is available only for depth sensor(s) and doesn't support RGB cameras.

Real-time Preview feature allows to perform tracking with the real-time speed and instantly transfer motion to a 3D character for live preview right at the time of recording.

This feature allows iPi Recorder to communicate to iPi Mocap Studio software in a way similar to Distributed Recording to send data necessary for tracking. iPi Mocap Studio performs tracking and motion transfer with the real-time speed. Feature benefits:

• User can see how the motion will look like on a 3D character at the time of performance.
• Ability to improve motion accordingly at the time of acting and recording without the need to redo multiple iterations of recording and offline tracking.

Overview

The feature works like this:

• iPi Recorder broadcasts data necessary for tracking via network.
• iPi Mocap Studio connects to broadcasting iPi Recorder to start receiving data.
• iPi Mocap Studio performs tracking and motion transfer to a 3D character.
• Live tracking results can then be stored to disk for additional offline post-processing.

Recording

• Prepare for recording as usual and click Start Broadcast button.

  

  Note: If you use Distributed Recording first connect to slaves and click Start Broadcast button on master computer.

  

• Computer(s) will switch to Broadcasting mode. You can change network adapter used for communication in necessary.

  

• To stop broadcast, you need to click Stop Broadcast button.

Realtime Preview

• Run iPi Mocap Studio and click Live button at the toolbar to enter live mode.

  

• Specify actor height at Actor tab.
• If you use multiple sensors for recording, load scene at Scene tab.
• (Optional) Select target character for motion tranfer at Export tab.
• Press Connect button at Live tab.

  

• Press OK button at Select Recording PCs dialog.

  

• Live tracking and motion tranfer will start.
• You can specify path and filename template to record results of live tracking. iPi Mocap Studio will record .iPiMotion file, iPi Recorder will record .iPiVideo file.
• Press Start Recording / Stop Recording to start / stop recording .iPiVideo and .iPiMotion files.

Note: .iPiMotion and .iPiVideo files will have the same name, but path to .iPiVideo file is set in iPi Recorder].

• Press Disconnect to stop live session

  

  

Create New Project from Live Session Results

It's as simple as this — open recorded .iPiMotion file in iPi Mocap Studio.

Tip: If .iPiVideo file resides in different directory you will be asked to find it manually.