Insight VCS Pro by OptiTrack, the first virtual camera with integrated tracking

OptiTrack has developed the Insight VCS virtual camera with full interoperability with any existing motion capture optics system.

The new Insight VCS Pro virtual camera system with optical tracking from OptiTrack Enables live-action camera work for CG cinema at a competitive price and compatible with all optical motion capture systems.

Video game filmmakers and filmmakers increasingly use real-time virtual production technologies to mix real-world tools with their virtual world.

Thinking about these environments, OptiTrack has developed this virtual camera. To ensure full compatibility with a variety of production lines, VCS Insight has been designed for interoperability with any existing optical motion capture system, including Motion Analysis, OptiTrack, Vicon as it can perform marker-based tracking of rigid bodies and stream data from Autodesk MotionBuilder or Autodesk Maya.

It is a tool that puts film directors and cinematographers in a virtual world that they understand more closely. The value of being able to go out into a space and explore a virtual world by physically controlling a camera, finding the perfect angles and then taking multiple shots that are needed is truly remarkable. All of this is accomplished in a fraction of the time it takes to frame a single camera shot, and the results are more natural. The VCS Insight has proven invaluable in various film and commercial projects.

A two-part system

The VCS Insight is a two-part system, consisting of a camera hardware platform and interface software. Using the hardware platform, the entire motion capture volume is tracked, the absolute 6 degrees of freedom position and orientation data will be transmitted in real time via the plug-in to either Motion or Maya to drive the virtual camera within the 3D application.

In real time the reference video is sent from MotionBuilder and Maya to the VCS screen, creating a low latency circuit with visual feedback, similar to the viewfinder of a real digital camera.

Las diferentes versiones de la plataforma tanto de hardware y software plug-in están disponibles para adaptarse a una variedad de instalaciones existentes y los requisitos de producción. Los componentes incluyen: VCS: Pro, diseñado para el trabajo de producción profesional y replica la experiencia de la fotografía orgánica con una fidelidad excepcional. El modelo profesional incluye una pantalla LCD HD 1280×768 pantalla con la información en tiempo real, los botones asignables y palancas de mando para el control de la cámara amplia, y un kit de hombros robusto Redrock Micro; y Software Plug-in. Están disponibles para MotionBuilder y Maya, el control de secuencias de comandos, las propiedades de asignación de botones, de escala y la cámara. Versiones universales de cada plug-in también están disponibles para su uso con sistemas no OptiTrack de captura de movimiento.