Motion Capture Users’ Group Meeting

ShapeWrap II users from a range of organizations met over two days for hands-on sessions, animation training, and presentations. Users left with a wealth of information gained from other users and Measurand’s staff; learning about other users’ experiences, and hardware and software improvements, ShapeWrap tips and techniques, the latest features and developments in motion capture editing and game engines, and future-plans.

Conference notes and video presentations are available, please contact bev@measurand.com for more information.

About ShapeWrap II
ShapeWrap II, the flexible and adaptable motion capture system from Measurand. A great improvement over rigid exoskeletons, ShapeWrap II offers a mocap system based on ShapeTapes that flex. By conforming to limbs instead of following rigid paths, ShapeWrap II moves with the body to capture fine details of shape on a wide variety of body types. ShapeWrap II is field portable, wireless and durable. Individual tapes from ShapeWrap II may be used as multi-variable 6DOF input devices for digital content creation.

Measurand's ShapeWrap motion capture systems are currently being targeted to the academic markets of 3D animation and game development. ShapeWrap's unique features and benefits are catapulting it to leader in motion capture training systems.

“I saw a performer who had the tape wrapped around his arms and was using it to control the actions of a simulated 3-D character on screen. If you’ve ever dealt with motion capture systems that involve half-a-dozen cameras and cumbersome tethered body suits, the ShapeWrap idea is very compelling.”
NAB Report, Byte.com

About Measurand
No newcomer to motion capture and animation, Measurand Inc. is partnered with a number of 3D software developers and has been developing hardware tools and plug-ins for animators and their 3D packages. Measurand, incorporated in 1993, manufactures and sells shape sensors and shape-sensing arrays to a variety of markets including automotive safety, entertainment, education, and research worldwide.

Measurand pioneered the use of 3D flexible arrays of distributed sensors and specializes in quality manufacture of flexible 1D, 2D, and 3D measuring systems based on fiber optics and other technologies. All Measurand sensors are complete, requiring no knowledge of optical technology or addition of electronics for their operation. Measurand's 2D and 3D sensors measure shape as a data set of positions and orientations along a curve or throughout an area or volume. Our powerful hardware and software products enable the measurement and control of shapes from static poses to high-speed events, in applications as diverse as virtual reality and geo-science.

Contact Information
Robin Palmer
Measurand Inc
Tel: +1(506) 462-9119
Email: robin@measurand.com
www.measurand.com

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