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YEI 3-Space Sensor Blender Motion Capture Plug-in

The YEI 3-Space Sensor Blender Motion Capture Plug-in allows users to quickly create professional grade animations using the 3-Space family of IMUs. The plugin interfaces with 3-Space sensors and pairs them with Blender armature bones to create life-like animations. Since the entire capture process is handled in Blender, integration of recorded mocap data into existing Blender projects is a snap.

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Description

The YEI 3-Space Sensor Blender Motion Capture Plug-in is an addon for the open source 3D modeling program Blender. Once installed, the plugin provides tools for interfacing the YEI 3-Space family of sensors with Blender, configure individual sensors, pair sensors with Blender armature bones, and record orientation data over time for driving armatures created in Blender. Utilizing these features, users may put Blender to work as an all in one tool for motion capture animation recording, clean-up, and editing.

Flexibility in capture options is also provided by the plugin. Options ranging from data stream and data poll rates to keyframe scaling options are all provided in an easy to use interface. Constraints on the length of time and number of frames captured may also be defined to further optimize any motion capture workflow. All data capture and storage is also performed from within Blender, which means any part of the capture pipeline may benefit from the collection of tools and options provided by Blender out of the box.

The 3-Space Motion Capture Plugin utilizes Blender's powerful Python based API for creating the menus and tools necessary for interacting with the 3-Space family of sensor natively from within Blender. The plugin is also provided for free under an open source licence. This means others may expand, enhance, and learn from code the drives it.

Key Features

Supports all members of the YEI 3-Space Sensor family
Built with the Blender 2.6x Python API and compatible with all modern versions of Blender (32-Bit and 64-Bit)
Provides tools for configuring YEI 3-Space sensors and dongles
Supports realtime data streaming and threaded orientation data recording
Records orientation data as armature keyframes, thus making editing and clean-up easy
Open source and free, allowing users to try and modify the plugin without consequence

System Requirements

Software

Operating System - Windows XP(32-Bit), Windows Vista/7(32-Bit or 64-Bit)

Blender Version - Blender 2.60a or newer(32-Bit or 64-Bit) for Windows. Blender may be downloaded here.
NOTE: Version 2.61 of Blender is not supported by the YEI 3-Space Blender Motion Capture Plugin due to a bug in that version of Blender. To use the plugin, please either install 2.60a or a version newer than 2.61 of Blender.

License

The YEI 3-Space Sensor Blender Motion Capture Plug-in is released under the YEI 3-Space Open Source License, which allows for both non-commercial use and commercial use with certain restrictions.

For Non-Commercial Use, your use of Covered Works is governed by the GNU GPL v.3, subject to the YEI 3-Space Open Source Licensing Overview and Definitions.

For Commercial Use, a YEI Commercial/Redistribution License is required, pursuant to the YEI 3-Space Open Source Licensing Overview and Definitions. Commercial Use, for the purposes of this License, means the use, reproduction and/or Distribution, either directly or indirectly, of the Covered Works or any portion thereof, or a Compilation, Improvement, or Modification, for Pecuniary Gain. A YEI Commercial/Redistribution License may or may not require payment, depending upon the intended use.

Full details of the YEI 3-Space Open Source License can be found here