Software Comparison Table

OptiTrack Software Packages	Free Baseline SDK	Point Cloud toolkit	Rigid Body toolkit	ARENA Full Body Mocap
MSRP	FREE	$ 299	$ 499	$ 1999
Compatible cameras	All	C120, V100	C120, V100	V100
Minimum # of cameras	1	3	3	6
License duration (compatibility)	N/A	Perpetual	Perpetual	1 year initial, 1 year updates
Tracking capabilities
OptiTrack Software Packages	Free Baseline SDK	Point Cloud toolkit	Rigid Body toolkit	ARENA Full Body Mocap
Camera control		*1	*1
Operating range (Min and Max tracking distance)	Min: 2 ft (0.6 m) Max: 20 ft (6.1 m)	Min: 2 ft (0.6 m) Max: 20 ft (6.1 m)	Min: 2 ft (0.6 m) Max: 20 ft (6.1 m)	Min: 2 ft (0.6 m) Max: 20 ft (6.1 m)
Multi-camera calibration and tracking
2D marker locations in imager X, Y coordinates		*1	*1
Untracked 3D marker locations in 3DOF (X, Y, Z) physical coordinates			*2	*4
Marker cluster (rigid body) tracking in 6DOF (X, Y, Z, Roll, Pitch, Yaw) physical coordinates
API type	COM	COM, C/C++ DLL	C/C++ DLL	N/A
Full body motion capture
BVH file output
Live streaming to MotionBuilder 7.5
Network streaming	None	None	VRPN, Trackd, custom*3	Motion Builder, custom*3
Real-time data access
OptiTrack Software Packages	Free Baseline SDK	Point Cloud toolkit	Rigid Body toolkit	ARENA Full Body Mocap
Untracked 3D points (API)
Untracked 3D points (streaming)
Tracked rigid bodies (API)
Tracked rigid bodies (streaming)
Tracked rigid body markers (streaming)
Tracked skeleton markers (streaming)
Skeleton bones and joint angles (streaming)

 
*1  Using included OptiTrack free baseline SDK.
*2  Using included Point Cloud toolkit.
*3  NaturalPoint's custom network streaming implementation. Sample listener source code is available in the downloads section.
*4  Markers must be part of a rigid body to be tracked in ARENA.