Archive of the Motion Capture Category

Award-winning Mac applications build a wonderland of opportunities inside the classroom; BoinxTV and iStopMotion help mold creative minds of the future

Puchheim, Germany – June 22, 2010 – Boinx Software, a multi-award winning software developer for the Mac platform, has become a critical teaching aide in educational spaces, where technology-rich environments have become the norm. Receiving high marks, BoinxTV and iStopMotion are captivating educators and students alike with fun and easy-to-use technology for delivering creative classroom lessons using visually interesting and highly engaging digital media. “In our classrooms, we strive to make education and learning as imaginative and fun as possible. more

SAN ANTONIO – June 18, 2010 – NewTek, manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, today announced that award-winning TriCaster TCXD850 portable live production system will be used to produce and live stream extended behind-the-scenes coverage of the 2010 National Hockey League (NHL) Awards beginning at noon PST/3 p.m. EST on Wednesday, June 23. The live webcast from the Palms Las Vegas Hotel will include NHL player and celebrity sightings and interviews of the VIP red carpet arrivals. The live stream will be available at www.nhl.com. more

Red-hot visual effects company’s creative ingenuities on display for filmmakers and videographers alike at Hollywood-East’s first annual SuperMeet

Boston, MA – June 16, 2010 – Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, announced that they will be exhibiting at the first annual Boston SuperMeet, to be held at the Back Bay Events Center on June 25th, 2010. Dubbed “Hollywood-East� by media and movie producers, Boston’s increase in film production has the historic city climbing “top filmmaking location� lists alongside the likes of Los Angeles and New York City. By leveraging Boston’s newly minted reputation, the SuperMeet will undoubtedly attract the largest gathering of innovative Adobe®, Apple®, Autodesk®, and Avid® creative users and professionals, HD and 3D filmmakers, photographers and digital content creators on the East Coast. more

New mocha Release Boosts Tracking and Rendering Performance By 30%; Delivers Even More Streamlined Workflow, Simplified Export to Nuke

GUILDFORD, UK (June 7, 2010) — Imagineer Systems (www.imagineersystems.com) today announced that it has continued aggressive development of its flagship planar tracking and roto station, mocha, resulting in a point release (mocha v2.0.1) boasting greater than 30% application performance level increases, more interface improvements and further simplified export to Nuke. more

Apple design award-winner to demonstrate premier videographer and photographer animation tool, FotoMagico; SuperMeet leverages BoinxTV for live broadcasts of keynote presentations and conference sessions

Puchheim, Germany – May 27, 2010 – Boinx Software, a multi-award winning software developer for the Mac® platform, today announced plans to showcase its full-range of innovative effects and animation applications at the first annual Boston SuperMeet, to be held at the Back Bay Events Center on June 25th, 2010. The highly anticipated Boston SuperMeet promises to attract the largest gathering of Adobe®, Apple®, Autodesk®, and Avid® creative users, HD-DSLR filmmakers, photographers and digital content creators on the East Coast. Boinx Software will be showcasing its gold standard of animated stills, FotoMagico 3.2, for brilliant visual storytelling, as well as its complete line of Mac-based creative software applications. more

ONTARIO, CANADA – When action sports programming producer and star Kevin Cullen hits the road to capture extreme outdoor sports in HD, his battery of choice is an Anton/Bauer DIONIC 90. From riding an ATV through the rough country surrounding the source of the Nile in Uganda, Africa, to snowmobiling around an active volcano in central Iceland, these extremely harsh shooting conditions test both man and machine to the limits. That’s why Anton/Bauer, a brand of The Vitec Group, and the world’s premier provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video and film industries, designed the DIONIC 90 to deliver consistently reliable performance even in the most challenging shooting environments on Earth. more

Oxford, UK (May 12, 2010) – Vicon, developer of motion capture products for the Life Science, Engineering and Entertainment industries, is pleased to announce Strathclyde University has purchased two T-Series systems for its Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE) and Bioengineering departments. more

Origami Digital moves to new facility.

Helping Filmmakers Keep Postproduction in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA: May 6, 2010… Visual effects company Origami Digital has completed the move to its new location near the Hawthorne Airport. The 8,000-square-foot building includes an expanded performance-capture stage, a large studio for the artists and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Origami Digital provides a financially viable solution for filmmakers who want to keep their postproduction in the Los Angeles area. more

Apantac LLC, designer and developer of multiviewers and signal processing equipment is collaborating with WEGENER at NAB 2010 to demonstrate the integration of Apantac’s Multiviewers with WEGENER’s Digital Signage solutions.

The Digital Signage Multiviewer application will be on display at the Apantac NAB booth N4029 and will demonstrate how the combined technology helps users better manage their content, monetize assets and enhance advertising sales strategies, as well as simplify a multitude of Digital Signage applications. The demonstration includes a TAHOMA-DE-4 Multiviewer, as well as a WEGENER iPump 525 Media Player and CompelConnect.com (SaaS) solution. more

Apantac LLC, designer and developer of high quality, cost effective multiviewers and signal processing equipment will highlight new features in their TAHOMA Platform of Multiviewers at NAB – booth N4029.

The TAHOMA Platform is based on the latest 3G standard and includes the following Series’ of Multiviewers: more