Noitom | Inertial and Hybrid Motion Capture Systems

Where Perception Neuron is used

Studios, labs, and robotics teams use the same sensor family in different ways. Film and game crews record full-body performance for characters and digital humans. Sports and clinical groups measure how a person actually moves. Industrial teams rehearse tasks in simulation. Embodied-intelligence labs stream human motion into humanoid robots and virtual agents.

Published showcases cover digital media, industrial simulation, research and education, embodied intelligence, and sports and health. Browse showcases or read the company introduction.

How inertial and hybrid capture differ

An inertial suit measures rotation with sensors worn on the body. It does not need a camera volume, so it can travel with a performer. Magnetic interference and positional drift are the usual limits, which is why PN 3 and PN Studio offer anti-magnetic sensing, and why PN Link uses a wired link when the recording cannot drop.

Optical capture tracks markers with cameras and holds position well inside a calibrated volume. PN Hybrid keeps both: inertial sensors for the pose, and optical data for position, including mixed rigid bodies. Noitom states sub-millimeter accuracy for that fused setup. A longer explanation is on the motion capture FAQ.

Facts, support, and references

Noitom reports customers in more than 50 countries, more than 20,000 motion capture systems shipped, and about 200 patents and software works. The company is Beijing Noitom Technology Ltd., founded in 2012. Sales questions go to info@noitom.com or the contact form. Software builds are on the download page. Peer-reviewed papers that cite or study this class of system are listed under related publications.

For background that is not written by Noitom, see the motion capture overview, the inertial measurement unit overview, and the Carnegie Mellon University Motion Capture Database, a public research collection of human movement. The Chinese site is noitom.com.cn.