Device Settings - Xsens

Motion LIVE plug-in supports Xsens mocap device, providing a complete mocap solution and multi-actor motion capture.

Streaming Data to iClone

  1. Launch MVN Animate Pro and set up the sensors on your mocap performance to have the dummies display in the viewport.
  2. Go to Options > Preferences.
  3. Select Network Streamer in the tree view.
  4. Click the Add button under the Destination configurations list box to add a new set of configurations.
  5. Set the Host to the IP address of the workstation that the data is streamed to, Port to 9763, the Protocol to "UDP" and enable the Send Paused option.
  6. Activate the Position + Orientation (Euler) checkbox.
  7. Click the Save button at the bottom of the panel.
  8. To connect the Motion LIVE plug-in, add the gear to the Gear List and set the IP:Port to the same one at step 5.
  9. Now the Xsens data can be streamed onto characters in iClone.

More About Xsens

  • Suits of Sensors: Awinda, Link
  • Standalone Program: MVN Animate Pro (Must)
  • Tutorials for Calibration: Awinda, Link
  • Native Data Format: *.mvn (individual actor's motion data), *.mvns (for linking all related mvn files)
  • Export: *.FBX, *.BVH
  • Xsens Official Website
  • Mocapping with Timecode: Activating Timecode setting.
  • During Xsens Live capture, the data stream can occasionally become unstable, causing some motion keys to misalign in the motion layer. Detailed Explanation.