body movement sensors
Hi there,
i’m womdering if Max works with, and where to obtain, sensors that can be placed on specific parts of the body, in order to retrace a "skeleton" of the body, and consequently the movement of the body? just like they do in high-budget films to rig 3d animations with a human’s moment…whew!
thanks all for your advice
cheers,
sve
yes, .. some thing like this? http://music.arts.uci.edu/dobrian/motioncapture/mcmmax.htm
that project uses a Vicon 3D motion capture system which is very expensive. There are some more affordable professional systems (i forgot the name), but they are still a few thousand dollars. I have seen some DIY mocap systems made with wiimotes, but i’m not sure if you can do a full body, due to the limited number of markers.
Here is a site about wiimote-based motion tracking:
http://johnnylee.net/projects/wii/
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Do you know Bertrand Merlier? He’s a friend of mine. He uses the eyecon system for PC with a custom sampler he made with MaxMSP.
Here’s some links:
http://tc2.free.fr/4hands/Dresden.html
http://derrickgiscloux.free.fr/medias/Labyrinthe/extraits_videos.html