Question 1

What's the difference between Motive:Tracker and Motive:Body?

Accepted Answer

Motive:Tracker is OptiTrack's software focused on rigid body and object tracking, used for engineering, robotics, VR/AR, and precision tracking applications. Motive:Body is tailored specifically for full-body human motion capture, with skeleton solving, marker sets, and tools built around capturing human movement rather than rigid objects.

Question 2

What is The Captury, and how does it differ from marker-based systems?

Accepted Answer

The Captury is a markerless motion capture system that tracks human movement directly from video footage using computer vision, without requiring markers, suits or extensive calibration rigs. This makes it well suited to fast setup, capturing multiple performers at once, or situations where marker suits aren't practical.

Question 3

What is Theia3D used for?

Accepted Answer

Theia3D (Theia Markerless) is a markerless motion capture software aimed primarily at biomechanics and clinical research applications, using standard video cameras to extract 3D pose and kinematic data without markers. It's often used where marker-based setup time or patient/subject comfort is a barrier, such as clinical gait labs or field-based research.

Question 4

Do I need marker-based capture hardware to use Visual3D or Clinical 3DMA?

Accepted Answer

Both are primarily analysis platforms rather than capture systems themselves, so they're typically used alongside a capture system (marker-based or markerless) that provides the raw motion data. They can often import data from multiple capture sources rather than being locked to one specific hardware ecosystem. Confirm the exact compatibility for your specific setup via our enquiry form.

Question 5

Which software should I choose for my studio?

Accepted Answer

It depends on your capture method (marker-based vs. markerless), your application (clinical, research, sports science, VFX, engineering, robotics, etc.), and your existing pipeline. Get in touch with our team or use the enquiry form with details of your intended use case and we can help point you toward the right fit.

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Frequently asked questions

What's the difference between Motive:Tracker and Motive:Body?

What is The Captury, and how does it differ from marker-based systems?

What is Theia3D used for?

Do I need marker-based capture hardware to use Visual3D or Clinical 3DMA?

Which software should I choose for my studio?