ARENA™ Motion Capture Software

	View our series of ARENA MoCap tutorial videos below. Also visit our video gallery to see more demos and to download the video tutorials in additional formats.
	Preview screenshots Preview screenshot with MotionBuilder

ARENA is intuitive motion capture software, incorporating capture, edit and export features.

Motion Capture can provide amazingly natural motions to animated characters and special effects, but has traditionally required extensive setup and training, and multiple operators to be present during the capture session. With ARENA, a single user can be both the operator and actor, allowing unprecedented flexibility.

Used with OptiTrack FLEX:V100 cameras, ARENA is a tightly integrated motion capture tool, giving users precise capture data and control over final output sequences.

Key Features & Benefits

• Single User Control: With user defined timers for capture sessions, and real time 3D view feedback, a single user can be a motion capture operator and actor.
  
  
• Simple Camera Calibration: Up to 24 cameras can be calibrated in capture volumes up to 400 square feet (20' x 20'), with capture volume preview. Typical calibration time is under 5 minutes. Watch Calibration Wizard video.
  
  
• Automatic Skeletons & Marker Assignment: A process that used to take hours is now reduced to minutes. Generate automatic skeletons and marker assignments with the easy-to-follow Skeleton Wizard. Watch Skeleton Wizard video.
  
  
• Real-time Data Capture: Preview your motion capture data in real time, with full body rendering.
  
  
• Built-in Data Editor: Advanced editing tools let users work with their capture data.
  
  
• Flexible Data Export: Export in popular formats like BVH, C3D and real-time to MotionBuilder 7.5.
  
  

Data Samples & Videos

Below is a real-time motion capture data set we recorded on November 28 at I/ITSEC 2007 using ARENA software. We have overlayed the actual video, shot at the NaturalPoint booth.


Download .WMV video (800x576, 7.20MB)
Download .BVH file (5.65MB)
Download .C3D file (4.12MB)
Download ARENA software files (PT2, PT3, SKL) (16.7MB)

Here are some real-time motion capture data sets using ARENA software.

Boxing Sample Data Set:
Video: boxing.wmv
BVH File: boxing.bvh
C3D File: boxing.c3d

Tennis Sample Data Set:
Video: tennis.wmv
BVH File: tennis.bvh
C3D File: tennis.c3d

Just for Fun:
WMV Video: Shooting a gun
WMV Video: Swinging a stick

Visit our video tutorials & demos page to see training videos of ARENA and other OptiTrack software packages. Join the discussion on our Motion Capture forums!

*This software toolkit requires OptiTrack cameras which are sold separately.

Note: All cameras used with ARENA Motion Capture software must be of the same model type; mixed environments are not supported.