About the facility

The Motion Capture Studio is AUT’s dedicated, industry-grade facility and the only fully equipped motion capture studio of its kind in Auckland. It supports high-quality body and facial performance capture for creative production, research and real-time applications.

In 2025, the studio was upgraded with a new motion capture system from Vicon, enhancing accuracy, flexibility and real-time performance capabilities.

Equipment and expertise

Our equipment and technical expertise will give you the edge in creating 3D digital projects.

Vicon Valkyrie Cameras

A state-of-the-art motion capture system produced by Vicon. The 16 Valkyrie cameras operate at a standard 120 Hz rate at a full resolution. Using the Vicon Shogun suite, these provide today's motion capture technicians with tools that assure reliable and accurate data with the assistance of smart built-in AI algorithms.

Larger capture volume with more performer capabilities

Although our recommended capture area is a 6x6x3 grid, the Vicon system allows for a full room capture volume (restrictions determined by the motion capture technicians.)

The Vicon system can allow a large number of performers to be captured simultaneously, provided there is enough volume space and resources. Our AUT studio recommends a maximum of 3 performers due to volume restrictions.

Faceware Facial Motion Capture System

Our Faceware is a head-mounted camera system that allows you to capture realistic facial motion in one marker-less take easily. Faceware syncs with our body motion capture system to give you a full capture service.

Trackable Insight VCS Virtual Camera

The Insight Virtual Camera System (VCS) allows the integration of real-world cinematography into your virtual production pipeline.
Real-time virtual camera tracking is ideal for scouting virtual locations, framing shots and rapidly iterating on complex scenes.

Live streaming and post-capture services

With the bounds of possibility expanded with the new Vicon system, AUT now offers a streamlined pipeline for live streaming motion capture performances directly into the Unreal Engine and recording captures to be refined in Vicon’s Shogun post-processing services and exported into your software of choice.