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OptiTrack Expands Motion Capture Offering for Biomechanics ApplicationsOptiTrack today announced a substantial expansion of its biomechanics toolset, designed to simplify the capture and analysis of motion data for gait analysis, sports performance, and other biomechanics applications. In addition to native support for force plates, EMGs, and analog signal acquisition, OptiTrack's Motive software now also features deeper integration with C-Motion's Visual3D modeling and analysis package, as well as new biomechanically relevant marker sets ready to export into MATLAB, LabVIEW, or any third party biomechanics analysis application. This new workflow, including real-time motion capture and force plate data, will be on display in the OptiTrack booth #101 at the American College of Sports Medicine's 62nd Annual Meeting in San Diego, California held May 26-30, 2015. This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150528006563/en/ "OptiTrack has transformed motion capture with its uncommonly simple workflows, industry leading 3D accuracy, and most of all by making it accessible to just about any budget. With highly capable systems starting at $7K, and new options for fully-integrated movement analysis systems, we're providing the access to optical tracking that hospitals, gait labs, rehab centers and universities of any size have been waiting for," said Jeff Beavers, Director of Life Sciences at OptiTrack. "Ultimately, our technology's accessibility means that more biomechanists will be performing more research, thus expanding the knowledge of the biomechanics community at a faster pace." Kait Jackson, Head of Sports Science at The Performance Lab in Toronto, is using OptiTrack with Visual3D for real-time biomechanical analysis and biofeedback of elite athletes. She shared, "Data quality is fundamental to accurate analysis, and OptiTrack's 3D precision competes with the best in motion capture. By enabling simple, customizable integration with Visual3D, I'm able to build an accurate model that I need for my assessments, and then feed it exceptionally high-fidelity motion data-both of which are crucial for reliable analysis." Key features of Motive include:
About OptiTrack OptiTrack creates the highest performing 3D tracking hardware and software available today and has become the largest motion capture provider in the world. By delivering the best 3D precision, simpler real time workflows, on-site manufacturing enabling the industry's lowest pricing, and free and open developer access, it has become the favorite of industry leaders in biomechanics, game and film production, university education and research, engineering, sports performance and injury prevention, and many others. The OptiTrack product line includes motion capture software and high-speed tracking cameras, contract engineering services, the GEARS Sports training and fitting solution, and affiliate commercial tracking products TrackIR and SmartNav. Engineering and biomechanics customers include: The Ohio State University, Nike, The Mayo Clinic, Toronto Rehab, Cobra Golf, Under Armour, DX Sports Labs, The Performance Lab, Boeing (News - Alert), KMel Robotics, NASA, Harvard Medical School, Oculus VR, Lockheed Martin, John Deere, Mechdyne, Under Armour, Stanford University, Duke University, Laser Shot, Mitsubishi, and Dassault Systems. Entertainment customers include: Activision (News - Alert), Electronic Arts, 343 Industries, US Army Game, Cloud Imperium, Square Enix, Ready at Dawn, TV Globo, NetherRealm, Ubisoft, Rockstar Games, Crytek, Remedy, Game On Audio, The Moving Picture Company, Animatrik Film Design, and other top studios and developers around the world.
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