REALITY Studios Adopts Markerless Motion Capture System Captury
REALITY Studios Inc. announced on September 1 that it has installed the markerless motion capture system Captury in its own studio. The system uses multiple cameras placed around a capture area to detect a performer's skeleton automatically, so VTubers can be recorded in everyday clothes without a tight-fitting suit, markers, or calibration. It captures finger motion as well as whole-body movement and can record several people at once, and the company says it can be operated without a specialist. The company said the change shortens the preparation that conventional motion capture required and reduces the physical burden on talent. REALITY Studios also optimized its studio facilities alongside the installation, bringing streams that previously needed staff for audio, direction, and cameras down to a setup close to one-person operation. Use in streaming has already begun. Misa Ajimi's third anniversary stream, which featured Ring Fit gameplay, was reproduced in 3D, as were a collaboration singing stream by Toto Setono and Nagi Minase and a three-person eating battle stream by Tsukasa Ryougoku. REALITY Studios operates the VTuber production companies RK Music, Specialite, and FIRST STAGE PRODUCTION, and plans to increase the frequency of 3D content using the system.