InterSense Joins with InMotion Systems and Production Plant to Deliver Integrated Motion Capture Solution.Business/Technology Editors BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 23, 2000 Makes High Quality Real-Time Character nimation Affordable to the Animation Industry InterSense Inc., a market leader in precision motion tracking technology, announced today that it has teamed with InMotion Systems Inc., a reseller of motion capture systems, and Production Plant, a digital animation studio Animation studio can refer to:
"Collaborating with a respected reseller like InMotion Systems and the renowned animation studio, Production Plant, instantly gives our solution credibility in the marketplace," said Charlie Miller, chief executive officer of InterSense. "We believe that by enabling real-time character animation Character animation is a specialized process of the animation process, concerning the animation of one or more characters featured in an animated work. It is usually as one aspect of a larger production, and often to complement voice acting. through our motion capture system, InterSense can help drive the explosion in animation for both 3D game development and for film and video content." This integrated solution represents a break-through for the motion capture industry as it introduces an affordable, high performance system based on InterSense's award winning inertial sensor technology. By combining InterSense technology and Production Plant's proprietary P.A.S. (Pro-Act Animation System), InMotion has engineered a solution that enables animators to quickly create iterations of their characters' movements in real-time. This ability enhances experimentation and creativity because it overcomes the extensive calibration process and painstaking key frame animation common in other motion capture systems. "When we tested InterSense's inertial sensors and found that they transmitted data that was clean and immune to magnetic disturbances in the environment, we knew we had a winner. We were able to use motion data from InterSense's equipment with forward kinematics  This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers.Please [improve the article] or discuss this issue on the talk page. software to animate a CG model," said Gus Lopez, vice president of InMotion Systems. "We are convinced that this high performance, full body motion capture system will expand the market for animators and content providers by offering a competitively priced alternative." "Production Plant's expertise is in creating high quality film and TV computer animation. Our own proprietary, ground-breaking, real-time facial animation solution, gives familiar and newly-created brand characters a lively personality," said William Plant, CEO/founder of Production Plant and former head of production for Jim Henson's Creature Shop Jim Henson's Creature Shop is a company founded in 1979 by puppeteer Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets. It was originally created as a result of the observation that the team that had been put together for The Dark Crystal was extremely hard to recreate for Labyrinth, since . "InterSense's innovative technology means we can produce in real-time, affordable, beautiful character driven content in a whole new way. No longer are we bound by the elements that plague other systems such as light or metal interference." Comprised of Production Plant's P.A.S. production tool, InterSense's InertialCube sensors with proprietary SensorFusion software, and the IS-300 Pro and IS-600 precision motion trackers, the system is completely modular and compatible with all the major animation software packages. Designed to capture a full 6DOF See depth of field and 6DOF. DOF - degrees of freedom (degrees of freedom) of data for up to 400 sq. feet, it can sample frequencies up to 300 Hz and is scaleable for up to eight users. The IS-300 Pro and IS-600 product lines completely eliminate the drift, jitter A flicker or fluctuation in a transmission signal or display image. The term is used in several ways, but it always refers to some offset of time and space from the norm. For example, in a network transmission, jitter would be a bit arriving either ahead or behind a standard clock cycle and lag, as well as interference from metallic environments that are common to other motion capture systems. Within minutes of setup, it is possible to obtain high quality, real-time 6DOF data. Pricing and Availability Systems are currently available through InMotion Systems and are priced according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. specific customer configurations. For more information, call InMotion Systems at 714-505-4574, or visit www.InMotionSystems.com. About InterSense Inc. InterSense Inc., based in Burlington, Mass., is the market leader in precision motion tracking technology that enables computers to `see and understand' motion in 3D space. By delivering the best precision and performance, InterSense's motion tracking systems have become widely used in a variety of applications, including virtual prototyping and design, visual simulation and training, video/film production and special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. , manufacturing and 3D game development. InterSense recently received the Frost & Sullivan 1999 Market Engineering Technology Innovation Award, as well as the Computer Graphics World 1999 Innovation Award for its IS-900 motion tracker series. Founded in 1996, InterSense has quickly become the market leader by forging powerful relationships with world leaders For a list of heads of state, see . World leaders is a MMORPG. The game involves creating a state, joining an alliance and going into war. It is mostly played by players from Israel, China, USA, Britain, Brazil and Saudi-Arabia. in the industrial, government/defense, medical and entertainment and research markets, including Boeing, Volkswagen, Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. , Ortho-Biotech, Universal Studios Sony, MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Johns-Hopkins University. For more information about InterSense, call 781-270-0090, or visit the Web site at www.isense.com. About InMotion Systems InMotion Systems is a new spin-off company of B & L Engineering. (Both are divisions of Pinsco, Inc.). InMotion Systems now exclusively sells, installs and maintains all the motion systems formally handled by B & L Engineering (former exclusive North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. distributor for the Vicon Motion Capture System). The staff has many years of experience in training customers to effectively use motion capture systems for a wide variety of applications. The InMotion Systems staff has created application specific plug-ins for several CG software packages. The primary goal for InMotion Systems is to provide a complete hardware and software solution for any motion capture or motion tracking project. InMotion Systems is known for its outstanding Customer Support. A partial list of our customers includes: House of Moves, Industrial Light and Magic, Digital Domain, Westwood Studios Westwood Studios (1985-2003) was a computer and video game developer, founded in 1985 as Westwood Associates by Brett Sperry and Louis Castle and based in Las Vegas, Nevada. , USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. , and Sierra/Dynamics. For more information about InMotion Systems, call 714-505-4574, or visit the Web site at www.InMotionSystems.com. About Production Plant The Production Plant was formed to provide a complete solution to creating and performing finished characters on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. using the latest cutting edge techniques. There are many years of experience inside the group working on a wide variety of feature films, television series and commercials. Located in Hollywood, the Production Plant is an industry-leading computer character animation and software/hardware production house. Production Plant's other team members bring international experience from traditional computer animation and post production. William Plant, CEO/founder of Production Plant, has a production track record of over 20 feature films including Babe, Mortal Kombat Mortal Kombat (commonly abbreviated as MK) is a popular series of fighting games created originally by the Midway Manufacturing Company. Mortal Kombat II and Mutant Ninja Turtles I & II, and numerous TV campaigns. For more information call 310-842-4881. |
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