iPi Mocap Studio vs Move AI

iPi Mocap Studio analyzes recordings made with iPi Recorder to track an actor’s movement and produce skeleton animation for humanlike characters. It accepts multi-camera or depth-sensor video and includes motion cleanup, refinement, jitter removal, trajectory filtering, and manual finger-pose keyframing. Character import and animation export support FBX, BVH, Collada, DMX, and SMD. Basic and Pro editions can stream poses to Unity projects through supplied C# scripts. Pro adds multi-person tracking, multiple-GPU support, and batch processing. The 30-day trial includes Basic features, but animation export and live preview stop being available afterward. AI tracking requires 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 and a compatible NVIDIA RTX or Quadro RTX GPU; documented AI features cover single-actor color-video projects. Licenses use online activation, one computer at a time, and an offline option is documented. The software runs on Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, and 11. The listed Biomech Add-on costs $245 a month.

Move AI describes its products as markerless motion-capture systems that use AI to create motion data. Move One is an iPhone app that turns single-camera video into 3D animation. Its free plan provides 30 credits once, which do not expire, for videos up to 30 seconds. Starter costs $18 a month, billed at $18/month plus VAT, and includes 60 credits per month for videos up to 60 seconds. Other listed tiers are Standard at $48 a month, Plus at $225 a month, and Advanced at $490 a month. Genesis processes motion data on premises through a desktop application using Nvidia GPUs. It requires one Nvidia GPU and 6–12 Z CAM cameras and lenses; listed capture capacity is 1–8 people in volumes of 4 × 4 meters or 20 × 20 meters. Genesis can process RGB or grayscale feeds from many existing Vicon or OptiTrack systems and integrates with Peel Capture for camera control, start and stop commands, file naming, and project management. Output formats include FBX, BVH, GLB, USDZ, Blender, C3D, JSON, and MP4 previews. Move AI says it does not actively try to identify people in video, motion data, or output files.