freerange (8/10/2017)

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 So the choice for users comes down to if you are willing to spend more up front to save money on the backend where it is often more expensive. In that case Xsens makes the most sense.

CaseClosed (8/10/2017)

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Thank you so much for your reply and for sharing your experience testing suits. Where can I find more about buying Xsense for Reallusion? In the store I assume?

freerange (8/10/2017)

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Very cool Dr. Zap. I help run a VR Platform company in China so I fully agree!

Awinda suit (fully wireless 60hz) runs around $7K USD and the Link suit is slightly more expensive wired nodes but runs at 120hz. I think It is like 8 or 9K USD.

for most indie folks and China folks Noitom is the way to go. We use them too, but they have serious QC issues and we had many part failures and you need to constantly calibrate, like every take. So most people but multiple suits and swap parts or whole suits when issues arise. We had 3 just to cover our bases.

To answer CaseClosed: Xsens suits are rock solid, highly reliable, very fast to calibrate and stay calibrated. What sets them apart from even other high end suits (We tested from companies like Synertial as well) is their algorithms for magnetic interference and drift which are serious issues for inertial capture. Xsens is the only solution we tested that was as accurate as optical capture, which is why the software typically costs significantly more than the hardware, but Reallusion users get the software for free. 

So the choice for users comes down to if you are willing to spend more up front to save money on the backend where it is often more expensive. In that case Xsens makes the most sense. Or if you are willing to really tough it out and when a part fails wait for shipment of replacement parts (they are very good about this but it is slow) then PN makes sense. Neuron suits also include hand tracking, though you will probably spend as much time cleaning it as you will just making a hand pose library in iClone and using that. The good news is you have choice. If you are choosing between the Kinect tracking and PN then definitely do not think about it and get the neuron suit. It is a million times better.