iPi Mocap Studio vs Move One

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 One is a single-camera iPhone motion-capture app for creating 3D animations from video. Move.ai describes the process as AI-powered, markerless capture for studios and creators. Credits convert 2D footage into 3D motion data: Gen 1 uses one credit per person-second and Gen 2 uses two. The free plan includes 30 one-time credits that do not expire and permits videos up to 30 seconds; paid plans allow 60-second videos. Listed exports are FBX, USDC, BLEND, USDZ, MP4, and biomechanics data, while MP4, MOV, and AVI uploads up to 1GB are supported. Biomechanics output includes per-frame joint positions, rotations, torques, and reaction forces. A Chrome extension sends capture data to a PC, and a Blender plugin imports animations, currently supporting FBX only. Documentation covers NVIDIA Omniverse, Unreal Engine, Unity, Maya, and Cinema 4D. Plans start at $18 a month, billed $18/month plus VAT.