Here's a useful new add-on to capture motion in real-time.
Check out VirtuCamera, an app that lets users control 3D cameras in real-time using a smartphone. The developer has just released the first version of an add-on for Blender, and the tool looks super useful. Previously, there was a plug-in for Autodesk Maya but now Blender users can also use the tool for 3D scenes.
Here are some examples of the tool in action:
The process is pretty straightforward: move your Apple device in any direction and VirtuCamera will capture the motion and instantly send it over Wi-Fi to the camera in Maya or Blender. You can push the Rec button to store motion in keyframes.
"The app offers realtime viewport streaming and lets you control the playback, animate the focal length, and scale camera movements to travel long distances," wrote the developer. "It can capture and record your movements with 6 degrees of freedom at up to 60 frames per second and has a camera stabilizer control to create smoother movements."
VirtuCamera is now available on Apple’s AppStore for iOS and iPadOS devices with ARKit support for $4.99. Add-ons for Blender and Maya are available here for Windows, Linux, and macOS (Blender 2.80 and above. plus Maya 2017 and above).
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