Next Step is face tracking. It’s important to get a move on actually recording a subject. A motion capture body surrogate myself at home as a post process, so it can come later. A solution is needed that the subject can just send to me using a mobile phone video capture. If I have to, I’ll use TrueDepth using an IphoneX but then it becomes a socioeconomic filter, I really don’t want to be just interviewing rich people. I would like to be phone agnostic. Turns out Blender and drawing dots on the face with a sharpie works a treat but I think that may be a little degrading for the subject.
| Package | Price | Pro | Con |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rococo Studio | $ $ 100+/- p/m | Excellent learning materials. Body and Face. Vive friendly. + + + + | Just TrueDepth for FT – – |
| DynamiXYZ | $489+ | great learning resources. AAA titles. + + + | Machine learning (tracking profiles) require time spent with performer – – – |
| F-clone | $60 | From video. Simple and versatile, maya, motionbuilder, unity. | Might be the one? |
| Visage | $ $ | FT from Video. (what I want) Seems accurate. Possibly lightweight. + + + + | Buggy at first glance. (Can’t get it to open.) – – – |
| Blender | FREE | Native face mo cap using a sharpie + + + | Humiliating for the subject. Consider stickers? – – |
| Optitrack | $ $ $ $ | Native camera system. Amazing products. + + + | Way overblown for this. – – – – – |
| Banuba | $ $ $ | Native integration with Unity. Slick Site. + + | Pretty basic functionality for the price. ‘Anchor a 3d object to a face?’ “Wear an afro!” Eat my hat, Banuba. – – – – – – – – – – – – |
