The BEST Motion Capture Suit for 3D Animation | 2023 Comparison

This is a comparison of the best motion capture suits and AI solutions for 3D animation. Here's a list of the motion capture solutions I cover:

Mocap Fusion:
A suitless motion capture solution that can be recorded and exported in VR. Downloadable for free on Steam. Ideal for those with no budget who are just looking to learn about mocap.

Move.AI:
Move AI is an artificial intelligence based motion capture system that relies on iPhones and cloud based processing. Ideal for outside situations that might ruin a mocap suit.

AR-51:
AR 51 is another artificial intelligence based motion capture solution that uses its own camera system and software to provide real-time mocap. It also allows runs in VR for better visualization. Ideal for better real-time visualization during capture but at a higher price.

Rokoko:
An affordable suit containing inertial sensors that work together to calculate position. They have options for gloves, facial tracking and post-processing. Ideal for game developers, animators looking for short clips or for virtual streamers (VTubers) who plan to live stream in a seated or stationary position in a suit that tightly fits their body.

Perception Neuron:
A affordable strap set containing separate inertial sensors which allow for a greater variety of body sizes to fit. Ideal for small teams or creators who want to animate short clips, live stream in a stationary position or who have different body sizes.

Xsens Awinda Starter:
A semi-affordable strap set containing higher quality inertial sensors with magnetic immunity. Ideal for virtual creators with smaller budgets who want motion capture but don't want to be stuck into a seated or stationary position.

Xsens Awinda:
A moderately priced strap set with higher performance capabilities than the Starter version. Idea for virtual creators who want good motion capture performance but work on a team of performers who don't share the same body type.

Xsens MVN Link:
A professional tier motion capture suit with incredible accuracy with the option to hard wire for faster performance or record on body outside of a volume for later processing. Idea for virtual creators who plan to stream real-time animation in a suit that tightly fits their body.

Vicon:
A marker based motion capture system with the ability to track people and objects with great precision at a very high cost.

OptiTrack:
A marker based motion capture system with cinema quality motion capture performance.