At Vicon, we realize that the quality of the motion data is dependant not only on our technology, but also on the skills of the people using the system. That is why we work closely with educational institutions around the world to integrate Vicon systems into their programs.
During recent years, educational institutions have been forced to become more competitive in their offerings to attract top students. This means having cutting edge technology that can be used in a variety of applications and programs.
This is where Vicon excels. Whether your school focuses on medicine, engineering, computer science, graphics, sports or even virtual environments, Vicon will work with you to provide a system to meet your needs and your budget. Motion Capture use is rapidly growing in all of these fields, and Vicon is leading the way. Putting a Vicon system in your student's hands will enable them to drive the industry standard system today and in the future.
MULTI-USE CAPABLE
Vicon systems are currently being used in multi-use applications at Carnegie Mellon, Ohio State, University of California at Irvine, USC Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts, Georgia Institute of Technology, MIT, University of Washington, University of Lethbridge and others. Expression Center for New Media has taken it a step further by offering a Vicon Certification training course for professionals continuing their education.
MARKET LEADING
The biggest firms and organizations in the world use Vicon. From Industrial Light and Magic in the visual effects world to the Shriner's Hospital system in the clinical gait world, Vicon systems are what your students are going to use in the field.
OPEN SYSTEM
Vicon software is written with an eye toward integration. With an open architecture SDK to access our data in real-time to a bevy of plug-ins and scripting commands, we put the power of the system in your hands and into your application.
EDUCATION SUPPORT NETWORK
Collaboration is key in the academic world. Our collective knowledge is bettered rapidly by the sharing of success and failures within a group of our peers. Vicon is proud to host annual user group meetings at several conferences and trade shows, as well as list servers for animation, engineering and biomechanics.
STUDIO/LAB READY
Need to integrate Vicon with other equipment? No problem, with the MX Giganet, you can integrate with production studio tools or digital and analog laboratory equipment. Synchronize motion data with any other data source and the capability of your lab is unparalleled.
VICON CARE
Vicon prides itself on the support and customer care provided to our users and supporters. Having been involved in education for more than 10 years, Vicon can offer deep experience and understanding. With dedicated expertise in-house including a full-time animator, biomechanists, and engineers Vicon can support you.
Sample Customers
Beijing Broadcasting Institute
Carnegie Mellon University
Expression Center for New Media
Georgia Institute of Technology
Humber College
Keio University
Malaysia Multimedia University (MMU)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Megafront AB
Ohio State
TAO
Tokyo Denki University
University of California Irvine
University of Lethbridge
University of Washington
USC - Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts
Relevant Products
Vicon MotusVicon Motus 2D Standard Video System. Enables movement tracking and analysis in two dimensions using a digital camcorder and PC or laptop.
Vicon Motus 2D Optical Capture System. Effortlessly collect primary angles, displacements and speeds of single plane motion by placing contrasting markers over joint centers and connecting a digital optical camera to a computer.
Vicon Motus 3D Field Collection System. A practical system to acquire 3-D coordinate data with standard digital camcorders, without any need to take computers into the field.
Vicon Motus 2D or 3D High Speed Tracking Systems. Track high speed or intricate movement in 2-D and 3-D with high-speed video cameras operating up to 10,000 frames per second.
Vicon Motus Pan & Tilt. Capture 3-D movement in large volumes, using the Vicon Motus directionally encoded specialized tripod head.
VICON MX
MX Giganet . The heart of the most advanced, most accurate digital optical Vicon system to date, the MX Ultranet HD is the central system unit, coordinating the operation of up to 244 cameras in a single system and an unlimited number by combining two or more systems. As well as enabling you to connect up to 244 cameras it can also synchronize data from force plates, EMG, foot switches and other 3rd party measurement devices.
MX Cameras.There are three MX cameras available: MX-T160, MX-T40,MX-T20 and MX-3+. The camera number corresponds to its resolution - the MX-3+ has 0.3 million pixels, the T20 has 2 million, theT40 has 4 million pixels and the T160 has no less than 16 megapixels . Regardless of the resolution, they all capture the marker images using grayscale technology, ensuring maximum accuracy. The cameras also have on-board processing that calculates marker centers - or, if you choose, all the gray-scale marker images can be sent to the processing PC.
External System Plug-ins. A wide variety of plug-ins is available for Vicon, including data exporters for LifeModeler and SIMM.
DV Video. Simply and inexpensively capture digital video (DV) movies synchronized with Vicon MX 3D data, all set up and controlled through MX Workstation capture software.
PECS. Specifically designed for researchers who wish to incorporate their own export or processing algorithms into the automated workflow, the PECS plug-in allows full read/write access to the gait data from third-party applications, such as MatLab and Microsoft Excel.