MotionBuilder actor using PPT

Autodesk MotionBuilder is a powerful character animation and motion editing tool. WorldViz Precision Position Tracker (PPT) can be used to stream data from a live actor into MotionBuilder. This video tutorial will teach you how to map the optical data being streamed by PPT onto a MotionBuilder actor.

Key-points covered in this video are:

  • Loading PPT mocap plug-in
  • Adding live marker data to scene
  • Inserting & transforming an actor
  • Previewing live actor within MotionBuilder

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MotionBuilder Live Characters (Vizard)

Autodesk MotionBuilder is a powerful character animation and motion editing tool. Live Characters is a connector product to Vizard that allows real-time stream of live actors into Vizard environments. This video tutorial will teach you how to retarget motion data from an animated actor to a character and then stream that data to Vizard.

Key-points covered in this video are:

  • Enabling WorldViz Live Characters within MotionBuilder
  • Optimizing character based on actor data
  • Configuring live stream device into Vizard
  • Sample Vizard script demonstrating how to add Live Characters

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