Motion capture

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  Hamster motion capture

  Syndicate Entertainment from Stockholm, Sweden has been a MVN user since May 2007. Syndicate is a visual effects studio, specializing in digital imagery for motion media with clients such as IKEA, Audi, Toyota, Kylie Minogue, Beyoncé, Renault, SAAB, Coca Cola and Nike. Syndicate was one of the first to use MVN for character animation in film.

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  Borderlands

  Late summer 2007, Gearbox Software came to an agreement with 2K Games to publish their latest release: Borderlands™. Gearbox Software has developed revolutionary new technology to create Borderlands’ incredible layers of game play depth. “Borderlands represents an important evolutionary leap in game design and technology,” said Christoph Hart…

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  Wearable assist devices

  The miniaturization of electronics has allowed the creation of new biofeedback assistive devices that can be worn on a belt and even embedded into clothing without affecting the wearer’s ability to perform normal daily activities.

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  Rowing with Xsens MVN

  Chris Baten and his team at Roessingh Research & Development (RRD), in Enschede, the Netherlands investigate the technological and methodological (im)possibilities of an application for coaching in competitive rowing (using inertial sensing data from the MVN BIOMECH system).

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  Racehorse lameness

  Lameness of racehorses is assessed at an early stage using 3 MT9s along the spine of the horse. At the trotting track of Cabourg (Normandy, France, see photograph) researchers affiliated with the Cirale measure the symmetry of the back of a trotter. Small differences in movement of the right diagonal stroke versus the left diagonal stroke are cau…

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