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Motive + OptiTrack cameras deliver the best-performing real-time human and object tracking available today. Vastly improved skeletal tracking precision. Robust, accurate bone tracking, even during heavy occlusion of markers. “Solver” in human motion tracking terms refers to the programmatic process of estimating the pose (6 DoF) of each bone, deduced by the actually measured markers, at each frame of measurement. A precision solver, like that developed for Motive 3.0, accurately defines the skeleton movement of the tracked subject(s) which yields higher confidence and more nuanced performance capture for character animation. A robust solver will also perform precision marker labeling and skeletal tracking even when many markers are hidden from cameras or lost, providing more reliable tracking data and vastly reduced editing time across all applications. Motive processes OptiTrack camera data to deliver global 3D positions, marker IDs, and rotational data.

Qualisys Track Manager (QTM) is a user-friendly motion capture software that serves as the central platform for capturing, processing, and managing movement data with Qualisys systems, supporting precise 2D, 3D, and 6DOF tracking of markers, rigid bodies, and skeletal models in real time with low latency. It integrates and synchronizes seamlessly with external hardware such as force plates, EMG devices, eye trackers, video, and IMUs, and it can stream data in real time to third-party applications through built-in real-time server and SDK support while also handling calibration, system setup, and trajectory editing within a single intuitive interface. QTM’s advanced motion capture algorithms and robust inverse kinematics solver handle occlusions and multi-actor scenarios, and its trajectory editor, automatic marker identification (AIM), labeling, filtering, gap filling, and measurement tools make data processing efficient.