Moverse Capture
Moverse Capture is a markerless motion capture system that turns performances filmed by four to sixteen ordinary cameras into production-ready 3D animation, streaming live to Unreal Engine or Unity and cleaning motion automatically with AI.
What is Moverse Capture?
Moverse Capture is a professional markerless motion capture system built by Moverse, a Greek company based in Thessaloniki. It replaces the suits, markers and dedicated stage of traditional mocap with an array of four to sixteen ordinary cameras, and turns what those cameras see into animation data. Performers walk in and start working: there is no suiting up and no marker placement.
The product is made of three parts. Moverse Capture Studio is a local Windows application that handles the optical system, calibrating any number of cameras under any placement, exposing per-camera controls, tracking up to four actors in real time with 3D avatar previews, streaming at low latency to multiple endpoints, and recording takes. Moverse Capture Hub is the control point that configures and launches Studio for each session, lists recordings, offers a lighter VR mode for home setups, and embeds searchable documentation. Moverse Portal is the browser dashboard where takes are managed, reprocessed, retargeted and exported.
The cloud side is where the AI works. Moverse describes its offline solver as patent-pending technology backed by peer-reviewed research; it removes jitter, corrects body contacts and reconstructs finger motion from the same recording, with no additional hardware. Output can be mapped to widely used rigs — Mixamo Y-Bot and Mannequin, ActorCore — and exported in standard formats.
Three deployment sizes are published: a compact 4 m by 4 m volume with four cameras for indie creators and small teams, an 8 m by 8 m studio with eight cameras, and a 10 m by 10 m stage with sixteen. The stated specifications are 60+ FPS, four or more actors, latency of 40 ms or better and a maximum volume of 10 by 10 by 3 metres. Supported cameras are Luxonis OAK models, priced between 319 and 679 US dollars each and bought separately.
The system is also sold as infrastructure: a documented REST API and a C++ SDK let another application drive recording, actor tracking, camera parameters and streaming, and the studio can be controlled from any browser on the network. Moverse targets XR, film, game development, life sciences and robotics.
What it does
- Capture full-body performance without markers or suits, using four to sixteen off-the-shelf cameras
- Stream motion live into Unreal Engine or Unity at 60+ FPS for previsualisation and live shows
- Record takes locally and upload them to the Moverse Portal from the Hub
- Clean recordings automatically with AI, removing jitter and correcting ground contacts
- Add finger tracking in cloud reprocessing without any extra hardware
- Retarget to standard rigs (Mixamo Y-Bot and Mannequin, ActorCore) and export to industry formats
- Drive the capture studio remotely from a REST API, a C++ SDK or any browser on the network
When to use Moverse Capture / When not to
A quick filter to help you decide if Moverse Capture is the right fit.
When to use Moverse Capture
- Game and animation studios that need to iterate on character motion without booking a marker-based stage
- Virtual production and previsualisation teams streaming performance straight into Unreal Engine or Unity
- Universities, film schools and research labs where students and researchers must capture on demand
- Biomechanics, sports science and rehabilitation teams needing non-invasive full-body tracking
- Product and engineering teams embedding motion capture into their own software through the REST API or C++ SDK
When not to use Moverse Capture
- Anyone without a Windows 11 machine and an NVIDIA GPU: macOS, Linux and AMD cards are not supported
- Teams looking for a mobile or tablet capture app, as no iOS or Android application exists
- Buyers who want to try before they commit, since the Capture tier has no free plan and no self-service trial
- Small budgets that cannot absorb an annual subscription on top of cameras, cabling and a PoE switch
- Productions that need facial capture, which the system does not cover: it tracks body, wrists and fingers only
How to use Moverse Capture
A typical end-to-end flow, from setup to results.
- Request access to the installer from the Moverse sales team; there is no public download
- Check the machine first: Windows 11, an Intel i7 12th generation or better, 32 GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GPU
- Assemble the hardware: Luxonis cameras, Cat6 cabling and a multi-gigabit PoE switch
- Connect every camera and the capture PC to the same PoE switch
- Place the cameras in a circle facing the centre; six cameras in a 6 m by 6 m room give a usable 4 m by 4 m volume
- Validate the placement by having someone move through the space and checking they stay visible in every view
- Calibrate the system, following the on-screen guidance and the quality feedback given during collection
- Have the performer stand in an A-pose at the centre, run Body Calibration, then start Motion Tracking
- Stream the result live into Unreal Engine or Unity, or record takes locally
- Upload recordings to the Moverse Portal from the Hub, reprocess them with AI, retarget and export
Pros & Cons
Pros
- No markers and no suits, which removes the suiting and calibration time of traditional systems
- Runs on off-the-shelf cameras sold individually between 319 and 679 US dollars
- Scales from four to sixteen cameras on the same software, from a garage to a full stage
- Covers the whole chain in one product: capture, AI clean-up, retargeting and export
- Documented REST API and C++ SDK, so the capture rig can be embedded in another product
- Portable enough to travel, a point several named customers make explicitly
- Eight named practitioners give attributed testimonials, and the team shows the system at SIGGRAPH, GDC, Gamescom and other industry events
Cons
- Windows 11 and an NVIDIA GPU are mandatory; the number of simultaneous actors is capped by the graphics card
- Hardware is bought separately, so cameras, cabling and a PoE switch come on top of the subscription
- The entry plan is billed annually, which makes the real commitment 3,600 EUR rather than a monthly fee
- No free plan and no self-service trial on the Capture side: the route in is a scheduled demo and a quote
- The installer is not downloadable and has to be requested from sales
- The remote control API is labelled experimental by its own documentation
- Legal documentation is minimal and scoped to the web portal: no retention period, no DPA, no subprocessor list and no security certification
Pricing & Plans
There is no free plan and no free trial for Moverse Capture. The published entry point is the Studio plan at 300 EUR per month, and the order page makes the billing regime explicit: 3,600 EUR per year, billed annually. That plan covers up to two actors, up to eight cameras, real-time tracking at 60+ FPS, unlimited recording, exporting and live streaming, game engine plugins with the SDK and API, and web-based data management. The Max and Custom tiers are quoted on request, and an AI post-processing add-on for body reprocessing, finger tracking and multi-pass refinement is also priced on enquiry. Hardware is explicitly excluded: supported cameras are listed between 319 and 679 US dollars per unit, and a PoE switch, cabling and a suitable Windows workstation are required in addition. Payment is not taken online; an invoice follows confirmation, and a VAT identification number is required. Tailored pricing, volume discounts and on-site deployment are offered to universities, research centres, public bodies and large production companies.
- up to 2 actors
- up to 8 cameras
- real-time tracking at 60+ FPS
- unlimited recording
- exporting and live streaming
- game engine plugins
- SDK and API
- web-based data management
- everything in Studio
- up to 4 actors
- up to 16 cameras and longer recording times
- more than 4 actors
- more than 16 cameras
- custom integrations and large-scale capture areas
- AI body reprocessing
- finger tracking and multi-pass refinement
- the order page currently marks the Pro and Max tiers as coming soon
Data, GDPR & hosting
A consolidated view of how Moverse Capture handles your data.
GDPR overview
Moverse is established in Greece, so the GDPR applies directly. The privacy policy cites Regulation (EU) 2016/1679, reuses its definition of personal data and sets out four lawful bases: performance of a contract, legitimate interests, legal obligation and consent. The compliance contact is info@moverse.ai, presented as the point of contact for questions about the policy and about a representative for regulatory compliance. Beyond that, the document is minimal. It names no retention period, enumerates none of the data subject rights (access, rectification, erasure, portability, objection), cites no supervisory authority, documents no international transfer, publishes no subprocessor list and offers no data processing agreement. No data protection officer is named. The policy is version 1.0.1, dated 20 July 2024, and states that it covers the web portal only. Moverse never claims to be GDPR compliant, and never denies it.
Who owns the data?
The published documents are thin on ownership. The privacy policy explicitly scopes itself to the Moverse web portal at portal.moverse.ai and lists only the identity data it collects: name, company name, email, telephone and company identification number, plus technical data such as browser, operating system and language. Neither that policy nor the Terms of Service says who owns the motion data you record, how long it is kept, or what rights Moverse claims over it. The Terms grant you a limited licence to use the portal, and reserve the right to terminate accounts or remove content. Anything concerning your captures therefore rests on commercial agreement, not on a published clause.
Reuse rights
Nothing in the published Terms of Service restricts what you do with the animation you capture: the document governs use of the web portal itself, not the assets it produces. The product pages assume free downstream reuse, offering export in standard rigs (Mixamo Y-Bot and Mannequin, ActorCore) and common industry formats so that data can move into any pipeline. On Moverse's own side, the privacy policy states that personal data is processed to run the service, to personalise it, to answer enquiries, for market research and for product improvement. It may be disclosed to regulators, law-enforcement bodies and courts, to a potential acquirer in a merger or acquisition, and to third parties with your consent. Anonymised usage statistics may be shared with prospective investors, affiliates, partners and advertisers. Model training on customer data is never mentioned, in either direction.
Data retention & training
Hosting summary
Moverse makes one statement about hosting, on the product page and about the Moverse Portal specifically: data is stored and processed on Google Cloud verified partner infrastructure, which the company presents as keeping productions private, secure and compliant. No country is named, no region is named, and there is no trust or security page. The privacy policy adds nothing: it does not mention hosting, does not document any transfer outside the European Union and publishes no subprocessor list. What can be said from the architecture is that the Capture Studio application runs locally on the capture PC, where takes are recorded before being uploaded, while AI reprocessing and the generative motion library run in the cloud. The publisher itself is established in Greece and its terms are governed by Greek law with jurisdiction in Greek courts, which sets the applicable legal framework even though it says nothing about where servers sit.
Things to keep in mind
Risks and trade-offs to weigh before adopting Moverse Capture.
- Two different price lists live on the same domain: the website grid is Moverse Capture, while the cheaper Free, Lite and Pro tiers in the documentation belong to the Moverse Motifs portal. Reading the wrong one gives the wrong product's price
- The headline 300 EUR per month is billed annually, and hardware is excluded, so the total cost of ownership is well above the advertised figure
- The site contradicts itself on availability: the pricing and product pages present the Max tier as quotable today, while the order page marks Pro and Max as coming soon
- Motion capture records how a person's body moves, which is biometric-adjacent data, yet the published privacy policy covers only the web portal and says nothing about retention, deletion or the captures themselves
- No security certification is claimed anywhere, and the hosting statement names a provider but no country, so a compliance review cannot be completed from public documents alone
- Structured metadata on the site is unreliable: the JSON-LD logo link is dead, the LinkedIn page it declares is not the publisher's, and the documentation links a YouTube channel that no longer exists
- The publisher is a pre-seed company of around five to seven people, and the remote control API is labelled experimental, both of which matter for anyone planning a long production pipeline around the tool
Setup & Integrations
Technical difficulty
Moderate to high, and mostly physical rather than software. A rig has to be built: cameras placed in a circle facing the centre, Cat6 cabling, a PoE switch and a dedicated Windows 11 workstation with an NVIDIA GPU, 32 GB of RAM and an i7 12th generation processor. The software side is guided, with a documented six-step procedure and assisted calibration giving visual guidance and quality feedback. Six cameras in a 6 m by 6 m room yield a usable 4 m by 4 m volume, and strict placement is not required. The installer is requested from sales, and onboarding is included.
Deployment
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Supported languages
Behind Moverse Capture
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Frequently asked questions
Do performers have to wear markers or a suit?
How many cameras are needed, and what kind?
What computer does it require?
Can motion be streamed live into a game engine?
Are fingers captured?
Is there an API?
How much does it cost?
Is there a free plan or a free trial?
Is there a mobile app?
Where is captured data hosted?
Should you pick Moverse Capture?
Moverse Capture is a credible attempt to make professional motion capture a normal purchase rather than a studio-scale investment. The technical case is well documented: three named components, published specifications, a versioned desktop application, a public API reference, engine plugins and a hardware list with prices. The eight testimonials on the homepage are attributed to named people at named organisations, and the company shows the system at SIGGRAPH, GDC, Gamescom and Laval Virtual, which is more evidence of adoption than most tools of this size offer.
The cost deserves care. The 300 EUR monthly figure is billed annually, so the real commitment is 3,600 EUR, and cameras, cabling, a PoE switch and a Windows workstation with an NVIDIA card are all extra. There is no free plan and no trial on the Capture side, so evaluation means a demo and a quote. Buyers should also note that the same domain publishes a second, much cheaper price list on the documentation site: those tiers belong to Moverse Motifs and the portal's credit-based reprocessing services, not to Capture.
The weak point is paperwork. The privacy policy and terms are short and explicitly scoped to the web portal, leaving the capture application and the recorded motion outside their stated reach. There is no retention period, no enumeration of GDPR rights, no data processing agreement, no subprocessor list and no security certification. The hosting statement names Google Cloud but no country. The publisher is young, pre-seed and small, which explains but does not remove the gap. For a studio or a lab, this is a product worth a demonstration; for a buyer with a formal compliance review, the contractual documentation will have to be obtained separately.
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