AI Motion Capture & Animation
AI-powered mocap and character animation tools.
| Software | Description | Pricing | License | Tags | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audio2Face-3D (NVIDIA) | NVIDIA models and SDK that drive facial animation from speech audio, with Maya and Unreal plugins. See also: Software Reference → AI Motion Capture Software |
Free | Free · NVIDIA | Speech-driven facial animation | |
| Cartwheel | Web studio that turns video into mocap, generates motion from text and retargets it to 3D characters. See also: Software Reference → AI Motion Capture Software |
7-day trial, credit plans | Paid | Paid · Video Mocap | Video to character motion |
| DeepMotion | Game-ready character animation from video. BVH/FBX export. See also: Software Reference → AI Motion Capture Software |
Free tier | Game-Ready · BVH/FBX | Game-ready AI mocap | |
| Free Mo Cap | Free open-source motion capture system (traditional, not AI). See also: Software Reference → AI Motion Capture Software |
Open source | Open Source · Mocap | Open-source mocap | |
| GVHMR | Research code that recovers world-space 3D human motion from monocular video. See also: Software Reference → AI Motion Capture Software |
Free, non-commercial | Non-Commercial · Research | Video to 3D motion | |
| HY-Motion 1.0 (Tencent) | Open model that generates 3D human motion from text prompts. See also: Software Reference → AI Motion Capture Software |
Free | Free · Text to Motion | Text to motion | |
| Krikey AI | Browser app that makes 3D character animation from text or video and exports MP4 or FBX. See also: Software Reference → AI Motion Capture Software |
Free tier, Pro $15/mo | Free tier | Freemium · Browser | Quick character animation |
| Live Link Face (Apple) | Free facial mocap via iPhone into Unreal/Maya/Blender. See also: Software Reference → AI Motion Capture Software |
Free | Free · iPhone Face Capture | iPhone facial mocap | |
| Move AI | Highest-accuracy AI mocap with multi-camera triangulation. See also: Software Reference → AI Motion Capture Software |
Paid | High Accuracy · Multi-Camera | Multi-camera AI mocap | |
| Plask | Browser-based mocap with hand tracking and standard format export. See also: Software Reference → AI Motion Capture Software |
Free tier | Browser · Hand Tracking | Browser-based AI mocap | |
| Puppeteer (ByteDance Seed) | Open model that rigs, skins and animates a 3D model automatically. See also: Software Reference → AI Motion Capture Software |
Open source | Open Source · Auto Rigging | Auto-rig and animate models | |
| QuickMagic | Web service that captures body, hand and face motion from one video and exports FBX or BVH. See also: Software Reference → AI Motion Capture Software |
Free tier | Freemium · Markerless | Video mocap | |
| Remocapp | Desktop app for real-time markerless body and face capture from two webcams, with Unreal Live Link. See also: Software Reference → AI Motion Capture Software |
Free tier, from .99/mo (annual) | Paid | Subscription · Markerless | Webcam real-time mocap |
| Rokoko Vision | Free AI mocap from webcam or video. See also: Software Reference → AI Motion Capture Software |
Free tier | Free Tier · Webcam/Video | Free AI mocap | |
| UniRig | VAST open model that predicts a skeleton and skin weights for any 3D model. See also: Software Reference → AI Motion Capture Software |
Open source | Open Source · Auto Rigging | Automatic rigging | |
| Uthana | AI platform that generates character motion from text or video, retargets it and auto-rigs, with Blender and Maya plugins. See also: Software Reference → AI Motion Capture Software |
Pay per second of motion | Paid | Paid · Text to Motion | AI character motion |
| Viggle AI | Character animation from video or image input. See also: Software Reference → AI Motion Capture Software |
Free tier | Video→Animation · AI | AI character animation from input media |
Related:
- AnimateDiff + ControlNet. Open-source controlled video animation from poses.