iPi Mocap Studio vs Rokoko Create

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.

Rokoko Create generates 3D motion from video clips or text prompts, which users can edit in Rokoko Studio and export as FBX, BVH, or CSV. Video-to-motion uses Vision AI, with monthly processing allowances that vary by plan. Starter and paid plans include unlimited text-to-motion clips, but Studio imports are capped by plan except on Pro. Rokoko says generated video-to-motion and text-to-motion data can be used commercially. Exported FBX or BVH files are described as compatible with skeletons including UE5 Manny, HIK, and Mixamo, and with software such as Blender, Unreal Engine, Unity, Cinema 4D, Maya, Houdini, MotionBuilder, and iClone. Rokoko Studio also supports real-time plugins for several of those tools. The free Starter plan includes 30 seconds of Vision AI processing and five Studio imports per month, plus one month of cloud storage. Basic is listed at $12 a month, while the pricing note says paid plans start at $10/mo (annual). New accounts can try Plus or Pro for free for 7 days.