Virtual Production 101 | Motion Capture Without a Suit
A few weeks ago I had an idea: Can you make a computer program that generates Motion Capture data from standard video. Luckily, after a bit of research, I stumbled upon a company called Radical (https://getrad.co/).
Using this super cheap software, I was able to generate real Motion-capture data from a regular video, and map that onto a character in Unreal Engine in a few super easy steps.
In this video, I talk about how this software works, the pro's and con's to it, and a showcase of what is possible when you mix it with some of the free environments made available on the Epic Games Marketplace.
Here is the video breakdown:
00:00 - Intro
00:50 - The Software
02:08 - Pros and Cons
04:34 - My Test
05:40 - Outro
Thank you for watching and please let me know if you have used any programs similar to this and what the results were!