body movement sensors

skyscraperiloveyou's icon

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

joewhat's icon
oli larkin's icon

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:

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http://www.olilarkin.co.uk / http://olilarkin.blogspot.com

Dg's icon

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.