Increases Data Transfer Speeds Tenfold Remarkable boost in fidelity and quality extends creative options for digital characters in films, television and games
capture systems, today announced the VICON MX T-Series. The MX-T Series
includes an all-new camera design and new Giganet device with cameras
available in a variety of resolution options, including the T160 (16
Megapixel), T40 (4 Megapixel) and T20 (2 Megapixel). The T160 16-megapixel
camera represents a four-times resolution increase over existing
professional optical motion capture solutions.
Avalon sensor; VICON is the only optical motion camera developer that
designs its own camera sensors. “The MX-T Series represents the biggest
leap in technology to date for our new release motion capture systems. Not
only is the resolution boost significant, but along with the new
streamlined camera design and Gigabit Ethernet connections, this system is
blazing fast. The speed means that our customers can capture more markers
on subjects with improved preview modes, better diagnostics and easier
set-up and operation,” said Robin Pengelly, Senior Vice President,
Entertainment Division, VICON.
The external styling of the camera has been completely reworked and the new
mechanical design now makes the 18mm VICON lens a standard fit.
Additionally, the system now supports remote focus and aperture setting
with Canon mount lenses for the MX T-Series camera, allowing a single
operator to adjust focus and aperture settings remotely via the VICON Blade
software, resulting in significant time savings when changing setups
between shoots.
The new cameras also support 2D on board tracking so that the processing of
2D tracking points is now done in the camera. This makes the
reconstruction of 3D data much faster and more accurate, and frees up
processing power from the PC. With Gigabit Ethernet connections, the MX-T
Series systems allow for the transfer of data at 1000MB/second in preview
mode, ten times faster than the current 100MB/second rate.
The T-Series cameras are backwards compatible with VICON MX and MX F-Series
cameras, and can be used in combination in the same capture volume. With
the 16 Megapixel resolution of the VICON T160 camera, performers can be
captured with more markers, and smaller markers can be used allowing them
to be closer together. In this way, details such as hands and face can be
captured with accurate detail in much larger volumes than ever before.
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