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Inverview to Broadcast Bridge about iPi Automation Add-on

Jay Ankeney writing for Broadcast Bridge recently spoke with Pavel Sorokin at iPi Soft about the company’s new Automation Add-On feature.

“Modern animation production has very complex pipelines,” Sorokin said, “and our iPi Automation Add-On allows them to create scripts that can alleviate repetitive motion tracking tasks. They use our software to create command sequences, and then apply those motions to automate various different characters.”

Learn more from the full inverview:
https://www.thebroadcastbridge.com/content/entry/6492/ipi-soft-automation-add-on

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AWE Company Podcast at PixelHub and DigitalProductionBuzz on Fort York VR Project

Srinivas Krishna of AWE Company has created exceptional virtual reality content to recreate the historic Fort York site in Toronto. Using iPi Mocap and other off the shelf tools, visitors can experience history using Google Cardboard in a new, immersive way.

Listen to the Pixel Hub podcast to learn more.
https://pixelhub.simplecast.fm/episodes/24118-episode-43-using-virtual-reality-to-recreate-historic-experiences

And watch the interview to DigitalProductionBuzz:

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Oliver Hollis-Leick on Motion Capture Demands & its Future

Oliver Hollis-Leick, the Founder of The Mocap Vaults, is a 13-year mocap acting veteran who has worked on over 80 video game and movie titles, with roles in such films as “Iron Man 2,” “Stardust,” “Total Recall,” “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,” “Godzilla,” “Hercules,” “Fred Clause,” among many others. Hollis-Leick shares his thoughts about the specific creative skills motion capture demands and how software tools like iPi Motion Capture is helping change how motion capture content is created.

His interview is published on ProductionHUB and Immersed in Movies Blog.

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Engadget website has just published  a round up story on using Kinect devices to create motion capture content.

What they think of iPi Motion Capture:

Another mocap dev that exploits the Kinect 2 is Ipi Soft, which supports multiple sensors. The app, plus a Kinect 2, will never beat a full-blown studio, of course. But if you stay within its limitations and keep square to the depth sensor, you can capture full body performances for games or animated shows. After a bit of cleanup, the results were very usable.

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iPi Motion Capture listed as the most affordable among professional-level motion capture solutions by RenderDigiMania. The closest competitor is over 5 times more expensive! Actually our solution is even more affordable, as they referred to the most expensive Pro edition.

Read the full publication:
http://renderdigimania.com/blog/affordable-mocap-for-animators

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Randi Altman’s PostPerspective published a chat with Ghost Town Media’s creative director/lead designer Brandon Parvini.

We are proud to have Ghost Town Media among iPi Soft customers.

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iPi Motion Capture technology is being used in a cool new animated “edutainment” series called Max Adventure. Sci-Fi Bloggers gives an overview of the series now in production http://www.scifibloggers.com/max-adventure-looks-to-educate-and-entertain/#.VCl7uSldUaJ

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The Graphic Film Company sinks its teeth into iPi Soft Motion Capture Technology for Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D screened at Cannes Film Festival.

3D animated horror classic reboot benefits from markerless mocap workflow with unprecedented flexibility and productivity.

Read the full article>> (see page 18)

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iPi Motion Capture plays a starring role in “Stalingrad” – Russia’s highest grossing film of all time

iPi Soft markerless motion capture system aids Moscow-based visual effects house Main Road|Post with crowd simulation and previsualization.

Read the full article>> (see page 24)

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Using iPi Motion Capture for “Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D” is highlighted by www.indiewire.com – news, information, and networking site for independent-minded filmmakers, the industry and moviegoers alike.

“Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D:” Motion capture software doesn’t seem easy, but IPI Soft has a program that helps you “create realistic animations in a matter of minutes.” It was used in production of “Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3D,” which premieres at 2014’s Cannes Film Festival.

Author: Taylor Lindsay

http://www.indiewire.com/article/5-daily-tech-stories-filmmakers-and-film-fans-must-read

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