Autodesk Announces Collaboration with Rokoko on World’s Largest Marketplace for Motion Capture

Imagine being able to drag and drop an animation file created by
the motion capture studio behind Star Wars: The Last Jedi. That
is now possible for users of Autodesk Maya who gain access to Rokoko’s
Motion Library; thousands of character animations created by
professional motion capture studios, now made available for $3 or $6 per
asset.

• “Autodesk is a huge player in the high-end 3D space and with the
  Motion Library as a native part of Maya, we are right at the doorstep
  of the world’s top animators. Particularly in the early phases of
  production, they can save crucial time and money by not having to
  create their animations from scratch,” says Jakob Balslev CEO and
  Co-Founder of Rokoko.
• “Motion capture is an important part of the creation process, but
  gathering motion capture data can be costly and requires a lot of
  pre-planning. We’re excited to be collaborating with Rokoko and the
  Motion Library to make it easier than ever for our users to get great
  motion capture data directly in Maya, fast and affordably.”
  - TJ
  Galda, Sr. Product Manager, Autodesk

Watch video of how the Motion Library looks in Maya here.
Direct link: https://youtu.be/k7hPG2vY4Vg

Autodesk is one of the largest companies in the 3D software market,
catering to architects, engineers and the artists and animators of the
media and entertainment industries.

The Motion Library was launched in September 2018 as a native part of
game development giant Unity’s engine and has since grown rapidly in
terms of active users and asset numbers, according to Rokoko.

The assets are created and uploaded by motion capture studios such as
UK-based Audiomotion, behind animations in Star Wars: The Last Jedi,
Ready Player One, Horizon Zero Dawn, and Dying Light
and Centroid behind Assassin’s Creed, Godzilla, and Doctor
Strange. These partners have used professional actors and million
dollar motion capture systems to create assets that are now available in
the Motion Library for as little as $3.

Jakob is available for interview - set up through [email protected]

About Rokoko

Rokoko was founded in Copenhagen, Denmark by Jakob Balslev, Matias
Søndergaard and Anders Klok where they invented the sensor-based motion
capture suit the Smartsuit
Pro. After opening their California office, Rokoko has redefined the
way Hollywood and the gaming industry work with motion capture and
character animation. By using a sensor-based system rather than a
complex optical setup, Rokoko's solution costs a small fraction of
traditional equipment on the market, can be operated single-handedly
without the need of a dedicated studio. The client list includes
companies like Sony, Microsoft, 20th Century Fox, MIT, Yale, Carnegie
Mellon, IKEA, and Volkswagen. In September 2018, Rokoko, together with
Unity launched the Motion Library - the world’s largest marketplace of
motion assets where high-end mocap studios and developers exchange
thousands of assets produced in high-end motion capture studios. Find
out more about Rokoko at www.rokoko.com.

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