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Customer movie: Sunderland UniversityThursday, 02 February 2012Sunderland University recently bought the MVN BIOMECH ambulatory motion analysis system. The system is used for studies in Sport and Exercise Sciences. To promote the University, a small movie was made including footage of the MVN BIOMECH system.> Watch the movie >> Full Story Synchronizing Xsens MTw with Delsys Trigno EMGWednesday, 01 February 2012We added another easy synchronisation of Xsens MTw with third party systems. This time with the wireless EMG system Trigno, from Delsys. The steps describe how to configure the Xsens Awinda Station to send an output trigger signal (Sync Out) to the Delsys Trigno EMG system, and how to configure the Station to receive an input trigger signal (Sync Out) from the EMG... >> Full Story Ohio University wins ION autonomous snowplow competitionTuesday, 31 January 2012At the second annual ION autonomous snowplow competition, the Ohio University has succeeded again in taking home the first prize. Xsens would like to congratulate the team with this accomplishment. The Institute of Navigation, of which Xsens is a corporate member, held this contest during the Winter Carnival in St. Paul, Minnesota. The Avionics Engineering Center (AEC)... >> Full Story Xsens motion capture data in Siemens PLM Software JackWednesday, 18 January 2012ENSCHEDE, The Netherlands, - January 18th 2012 - Xsens, the leader in professional 3D tracking systems, today announced that it has joined the Siemens Solution Partner Program to provide its motion capture solution for the Jack™ software ergonomics package, a part of the Tecnomatix® software family of digital manufacturing solutions.Xsens, the world market leader in... >> Full Story Research paper about how Xsens products can help first respondersMonday, 16 January 2012Technical support for first responders, who have to explore hazardous environments to locate and rescue victims and thereby avoiding dangerous areas, has recently gained a substantial interest in the research community. In his thesis "Mapping, State Estimation, and Navigation for Quadrotors and Human-Worn Sensor Systems", long time friend and partner of Xsens, Slawomir... >> Full Story Autodesk 3December Asia a big success!Friday, 23 December 2011Autodesk 3December is the annual worldwide celebration of 3d computer graphics and the artists who create them.Autdesk and Xsens have been working closely together on the 3December event in Asia. Xsens' distributor ZeroCseven was gold sponsor for the event. In addition, Chris Edwards from The Third Floor gave a tech talk about previs and the use of Xsens MVN in the... >> Full Story New office for Xsens North America Inc.Thursday, 22 December 2011Xsens, leading developer and global supplier of 3D motion tracking products, has grown globally over the last 12 years. To support the further expansion in the Americas, Xsens North America Inc. will move to Culver City, Los Angeles as of December 28th 2011. Contact details for Xsens North America Inc. as of December 28th 2011: Xsens North America Inc.10557 Jefferson... >> Full Story Autodesk and Xsens flashmobTuesday, 20 December 2011During SIGGRAPH Asia 2011 Autodesk and Xsens organized a flashmob on the exhibit floor. The aisles were filled with dancers and you could see a digital flashmob with real-time motion captured characters on the screens.Click the image to see the flashmob: >> Full Story University of Sunderland happy with new research possibilities due to MVN BIOMECHMonday, 12 December 2011"An innovative body suit which is proving to be an invaluable tool for movie makers and the military is now helping North East researchers develop improvements in a wide range of sporting activities and healthcare.Dr Bob Hogg, Senior Lecturer in Sports Technology, said: “The suit allows us to take 3D motion capture out of the lab and into the real world."> Read about... >> Full Story Xsens MTw synchronisation with Cometa Wave EMGThursday, 08 December 2011Another example of easy synchronisation of Xsens MTw with third party systems has been added to the syncrhonisation section of the MTw product page. This time with the wireless EMG system WAVE, from Cometa Systems. Using a few simple steps in the Synchronisation tool of MT Manager, and Cometa Wave Software it is possible to trigger and be triggered to start and stop... >> Full Story Previs returns creativity to the core of filmmakingThursday, 08 December 2011ENSCHEDE, The Netherlands, - December 8th 2011 - Animators at the Previs Department of 20th Century Fox use Xsens’ MVN Motion Capture system to significantly speed up movie productions. Previs (short for previsualization) allows major time and cost savings in the technical process, putting creativity back at the heart of filmmaking. The process of realizing the... >> Full Story Xsens MTw synchronisation with ViconWednesday, 07 December 2011Did you know that using the Awinda station (and some soldering skills) it is possible to synchronise the MTw system with optical systems, including Vicon. We adjusted a standard SVGA to 5x BNC cable, removed the SVGA and replaced it with a 15-pin SUB-D. Using Vicon MX User Manual, pin definitions were put in place. Using a few simple steps in the Synchronisation tool of... >> Full Story New customer case onlineThursday, 01 December 2011The innovative SkySails Propulsion System uses wind energy to reduce fuel costs and emission levels. Wind is the cheapest, most powerful and greenest source of energy on the high seas. SkySails’ Propulsion Systems are installed on cargo vessels, fishing trawlers and leisure yachts and make use of the vast potential of these high-altitude winds. With this modern... >> Full Story New customer case onlineWednesday, 30 November 2011Kevin Grow, Cinematics Director at Insomniac Games, talks about the animation pipeline for Resistance 3: "The use of motion capture in our animation pipeline became a necessity during Resistance 2, so when we were in preproduction on Resistance 3 one of the first things we explored was a motion capture solution that we could have onsite to get animation into our game... >> Full Story Xsens is participating in SmartBot projectFriday, 25 November 2011SmartBot is a cross-border collaboration between 24 different partners from Germany and the Netherlands. The aim is to develop multi sensor robot platforms for maritime, agricultural and industry applications. Xsens will participate in two of the three the sub projects. The subproject Roboship is about an autonomous intelligent robot for the inspection and repair of... >> Full Story Xsens participating in INTERACTION projectThursday, 24 November 2011On the 21st of November, the kick-off meeting of the INTERACTION project took place at the University of Twente. Xsens is participating in this EU project (7th framework programme), which aims at developing an unobtrusive and modular system for monitoring daily life activities and upper and lower extremity motor function in stroke. The INTERACTION project lasts three... >> Full Story Xsens sponsors Autodesk 3December eventTuesday, 22 November 2011Xsens is sponsoring this years Autodesk 3December® event.Autodesk's annual worldwide celebration of 3D computer graphics and the artists who create them. On its 13th anniversary, 3December aims to unite thousands of artists at live venues and through 3December Online.Xsens MVN Autodesk productsXsens MVN gives you a native Autodesk FBX® file format that allows you to... >> Full Story Free Style 2 Street Basketball movieFriday, 18 November 2011Our South Korean distributor Motion Technologies and JCE created an animated movie for the game Free Style 2 Street Basketball. For the animations of the basketball players they used the Xsens MVN motion capture system.In the 'behind the scenes' movie you can see the basketball player doing a free style basketball move in the Xsens MVN suit.Click the pictures on the right... >> Full Story New Software Release MTwTuesday, 15 November 2011Xsens is happy to announce the latest release of MT SDK 3.8 for MTw. This latest release is no longer a Beta version, meaning that it is more stable and robust than ever.In addition to this, a beta version of Linux has been added and new stand by and wake up method have been implemented. Now it is possible to wake the MTw up from stand - by simply turning... >> Full Story All research and scientific papers now onlineThursday, 27 October 2011With more than 10 years of experience, Xsens motion trackers have been used in real-life situations, controlling unmanned vehicles, in movie and game making as well as in important biomechanics research. Xsens now introduces the new research page on the Xsens website. Here you will find a collection of scientific articles, published in peer-reviewed journal articles... >> Full Story Robots brought to life by XsensThursday, 20 October 2011- Xsens Press Release - ENSCHEDE, The Netherlands, — October 18th, 2011 — The latest Vestel commercial features an army of robots swiftly dealing with a pirate attack on an ocean-going ship. The lifelike movements of the robotic heroes were made possible by Xsens MVN motion capture technology. Saatchi & Saatchi, a global creative communications company, in... >> Full Story First ever live animated DJ-performance by SkrillexMonday, 17 October 2011- Xsens Press Release -ENSCHEDE, The Netherlands, — October 17th 2011 — Skrillex is the first DJ to perform real-time human-driven animation on stage. Xsens motion capture technology is adding an exciting new dimension to live performances. During his captivating show, American DJ and electronic music producer Skrillex is wearing an Xsens MVN motion capture suit.... >> Full Story Xsens MVN for advertisingMonday, 10 October 2011Recently two amazing commercials have been released. One for Vestel, one of Turkey’s largest home and professional appliances manufacturing companies and one for Coca Cola's Powerade. Both commercials were created using Xsens MVN for the motion capture and animations.VestelThe Xsens MVN system is a flexible system that can be used at every location. The Vestel... >> Full Story Xsens MVN used for Resistance 3Wednesday, 28 September 2011The Xsens MVN motion capture suit was used for previs in Resistance 3.In the movie (click on the picture) you can see how Insomniac Games used the Xsens MVN system in their production process.For more customer examples, go to the Xsens MVN Customer Examples page. Download movie | Movie download site >> Full Story Live Kong Fu motion capture performanceTuesday, 27 September 2011See a live performance of a Kung Fu artists in the Xsens MVN motion capture suit at the Asia Online Game Awards. The Kong Fu movements are shown live on the screen behind him.The live performance was created by our Xsens partner Jadason. >> Full Story For the third time in a row, Xsens named in the Marine Technology Reporter 100 (MTR 100)Tuesday, 13 September 2011For the third time in a row, Xsens has been named in the Marine Technology Reporter 100 (MTR 100), a list with the 100 leading companies serving the global subsea market.The MTR 100 has been published for the 6th time and is of great significance to the maritime market. Xsens was also named in the 2009 and 2010 edition.Xsens has been a player in the maritime market for... >> Full Story Movement Science Products DemoThursday, 08 September 2011Xsens likes to present to you the new Movement Science products demo. In this demo you will see customer examples in different applications areas in Movement Science, like Ergonomics, Rehabilitation and Sports Science. Next to the customer examples you will see product demos explaining the Xsens´ products in more detail.Xsens would like to thank all customers for... >> Full Story Xsens supplies sensor fusion DSP module to SagemThursday, 04 August 2011ENSCHEDE, The Netherlands, — 4 August 2011 — Xsens, the leading global supplier of 3D motion tracking systems and Sagem (Safran Group), today signed an agreement for the supply of advanced sensor fusion signal processing modules for integration in a new line of inertial system products from Sagem. Sagem chose Xsens after a careful technology and supplier selection... >> Full Story World’s first 3D inertial motion capture of a horse in motionWednesday, 03 August 2011ENSCHEDE, the Netherlands - PALO ALTO, USA — 3 August, 2011— Xsens, the leading global supplier of 3D motion tracking systems, today announced accomplishment of the world’s first 3D inertial motion capture of a free-moving horse. The joint project of Xsens and the Rothschild Fund was completed using an advanced prototype system developed by Xsens to enable 3D... >> Full Story Pre and post functional evaluation of scapula kinematics on a population of baseball pitchersTuesday, 02 August 2011Dr. Andrea Pellegrini will be presenting at the 23rd Congress of the European Society for Surgery on the Shoulder and the Elbow which will take place in Lyon (France) on September 15th, 2011. Dr. Pellegrini is a member of the Unit of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery of Cervesi Hospital in Cattolica (Rimini), ItalyIn his research the Xsens Xbus kit was used for the pre and post... >> Full Story New MT SDK for MTw releasedTuesday, 26 July 2011We are pleased to announce the latest release of MT SDK software for MTw is now available. The 3.7.1 Beta release contains a few updates. Improvements have been made in: Rotation matrix output.Initial orientation.3D object spinning.Barometer data. Additionally, we have added new example code, for C#. >> Full Story Amarcon sells OCTOPUS products to leading shipping companyTuesday, 26 July 2011Offshore company Amarcon from Dalfsen, the Netherlands has equipped three multipurpose heavy lift vessels from Harren & Partner / Offshore Installation Group (OIG Giant I (former Blue Giant), the OIG Giant II (former Combidock IV) and the new build OIG Giant III) with the OCTOPUS-Onboard system. Also, they equipped the vessels with the OCTOPUS-TMS system, that uses 3... >> Full Story Autodesk iiko Experience competitionTuesday, 05 July 2011Xsens MVN Motion Capture Xsens - How much animation can you do in a day? The Xsens MVN motion capture system is a full-body, camera-less inertial MoCap solution. It is a flexible system that can be used indoors or outdoors (on-set).Xsens MVN customers include: 20th Century Fox, NBC Universal, The Third Floor, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Industrial... >> Full Story MVN Software updatesWednesday, 29 June 2011MVN Studio We are pleased to announce that an update for MVN Studio 3.1 will be available as of next week. The 3.1.5 release contains an important performance update next to some minor bug fixes. Some of our clients have seen an effect we started calling ´soft stepping´ it looks like the actor is walking on ´crunchy snow´. This effect has been removed by... >> Full Story Tips & Tricks: You can change between different scenarios to preview a recorded fileTuesday, 28 June 2011MVN Studio records the raw data from the motion trackers (MTs for short). Applying this motion capture data on the biomechanical model is always done at the time of playback, just like with a live Xsens MVN system. This gives the user the option to preview the recorded data in different scenarios. Here is a short example: Open any MVN fileGo to the “Data fusion”... >> Full Story Xsens MVN used for previs in "X-Men: First Class"Monday, 27 June 2011The Daily:"The lifelike motion of the virtual characters in The Third Floor’s previs for “X-Men First Class” is due to hand animation and the use of a sophisticated Motion Capture (“Mo-Cap”) suit built by Dutch manufacturer XSENS. Each Mo-Cap suit is fitted with special trackers and gyroscopes wirelessly linked to a computer. Actors can perform complex ... >> Full Story Xsens sponsors the Autodesk Asia- Pacific iiko ExperienceSunday, 26 June 2011Autodesk and Xsens are teaming up for the Autodesk Asia- Pacific iiko Experience; Xsens will be Technology Sponsor for this event.During this Experience there will be two contests. One to model your own iiko and one to animate your iiko. Xsens will provide (motion capture) example files for the animators for the second contest. With the motion capture example files... >> Full Story Xsens introduces powerful kinematics and kinetics tracking sensor packed shoesTuesday, 31 May 2011ENSCHEDE, Netherlands,—31 May, 2011— Xsens, the leader in professional 3D tracking systems, today announced the introduction of the ForceShoeTM – sensor packed shoes for extremely accurate measurement of 3D motion, 3D forces and 3D torques. The fully ambulatory ForceShoe is the first commercially available system making it possible to analyze joint forces and... >> Full Story MTw: Easy integration of EMG and wireless inertial 3D kinematicsTuesday, 17 May 2011ENSCHEDE, Netherlands,—17th May, 2011— Xsens Technologies B.V., the leader in professional 3D tracking systems, today announced that theXsens MTw™ miniature wireless motion tracking system has been extended to include fully flexible hardware synchronization with third party equipment such as EMG, EEG, force plates and optoelectronic systems. Furthermore, the... >> Full Story Autodesk Asia-Pacific Show ReelsWednesday, 11 May 2011Xsens was chosen as Technology Partner for the Autodesk Asia- Pacific Show Reels and Client Profiles Volume 2, next to HP and AMD. On this DVD you will find 3D modeling and animation examples from Big Animation, Elite Animation, Giant Interactive, Imagi Studios, Mnet Media, Pixelpost, Silver Ant, Toiion, Vixen and many others. Xsens' Entertainment show reel is also... >> Full Story Xsens sponsors GCDCWednesday, 04 May 2011Different teams from international universities join forces in a total of 11 teams to explore the boundaries of cooperative driving. Xsens has provided sponsorships to the Halmstad and Mekar teams, and wishes them best of luck with the GCDC. The MTi-G will provide valuable information about position and orientation of the vehicle to make sure that the cooperative driving... >> Full Story Double Negative and Xsens bring alien "Paul" to lifeWednesday, 27 April 2011The Netherlands, April 27, 2011. The innovative motion capture technology of Xsens helped create the movements of the alien 'Paul' in the movie. In the new comedy "Paul" from NBC Universal, two sci-fi geeks (played by Nick Frost and Simon Pegg) encounter an alien named 'Paul' during their road trip through Nevada. Paul's voice and movements were supplied by Seth Rogen... >> Full Story Develop article: The future of mocapWednesday, 20 April 2011Read this six page article about the future of mocap, facial animation and character animation. Several industry professionals give their view on the biggest challenges the future holds for us. You can also read what Xsens has to say on this matter. “Character animators don’t want to be stressed with pipeline issues, it is all about the creativity for them, the... >> Full Story New vacancies at Xsens Los AngelesTuesday, 12 April 2011As part of its strategy to expand its Los Angeles sales and support office, Xsens is looking to hire two Business Developers for the Entertainment segment, a Business Developer for the Movement Science segment and a Product Specialist for the Movement Science segment.> Go to our jobs website for more information >> Full Story Xsens MVN worn by Seth Rogen for new comedy ‘Paul’Tuesday, 22 March 2011For the new feature film ‘Paul’, the Xsens MVN motion capture solution was used by actor Seth Rogen. Seth provides his voice and movements to the animated alien character named Paul. Seth donned the Xsens MVN suit and performed the role on-set as a reference for the animation team, allowing them to reflect his nuances and mannerisms onto the titular... >> Full Story University of Twente/MIRA further strengthens cooperation with XsensTuesday, 08 March 2011Since its inception more than 10 years ago Xsens has had a strong collaboration with the leading technical University in its home town – University of Twente, specifically the MIRA Institute. As a step to further strengthen the excellent collaboration between MIRA and Xsens, MIRA has this week announced a vacancy for a new professor chair. The research domain of the... >> Full Story New Xsens MVN showreel onlineTuesday, 01 March 2011We just released our new showreel for the Xsens MVN. We wanted to show you some of the work our customers did with Xsens MVN. How much animation can you do in a day?Idea in the morning? In-game by afternoon!! Xsens MVN is the animation tool for getting from idea to in-game animation in less than a day.Just three steps: > Record a motion> Edit your motion> Get it... >> Full Story Xsens MTi-G in high-performance surfboardTuesday, 01 March 2011A cooperation between Tecnalia and Pukas, integrating the Xsens MTi-G with strain gauges built into a high performance surfboard has enabled real-time monitoring of the movement of surfboards while surfers are actually surfing in the sea. The MTi-G was incorporated to record data about the surfboard accelerations, speed and movements. The data can be visualized and... >> Full Story Dutch ministry of economic affairs visits XsensWednesday, 23 February 2011The Dutch ministry of economic affairs visited Xsens during their demonstration for the 7th E-Health Media Tour at the University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. See how Xsens MVN has been used for entertainment and biomechanics and how our new MTw can be used in these fields as well as future clinical applications.> Watch the movie {flv autostart="true"... >> Full Story US Ambassador visits XsensMonday, 21 February 2011On February 15th 2011, Mrs. Fay Hartog Levin, US Ambassador to The Netherlands, paid a visit to Xsens’ Headquarters in The Netherlands. Her visit marked the further expansion of the US operations of Xsens. As of March 1st, 2011 all Xsens’ products are directly available from its office in Los Angeles.More pictures (click picture for a larger view): >> Full Story Xsens participates in MILEPOST ProjectFriday, 28 January 2011The goal of the project "MILEPOST" (MEMS IMU for long-term position stability and high precision rate monitoring) is the precise long-term stable measurement of specific acceleration forces by so-called inertial sensors (angular rate and acceleration sensors). The Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology in Itzehoe has received funding for the project in the last call... >> Full Story Xsens to exhibit at Ocean Business 2011Wednesday, 26 January 2011Xsens will be exhibiting at Ocean Business 2011, Southampton (UK), on booth D10. Xsens is the market leader in low-cost MEMS based motion sensors for use in sonar systems, ROV’s and AUV’s, USBL and ship motion detection. Xsens’ Motion Tracker series (MTi and MTi-G) are top of the line miniature motion sensors that have been the top-pick for integration in many... >> Full Story Xsens covered in EE Times CES 2011 editionWednesday, 19 January 2011EE|Times CES 2011 edition:3-D gesture control breaks out of the game box"As much as hard-core gamers might value precision, it is less important for gaming itself than for game development or special-effects film animations. For animation pros, the Cadillac of gesture recognition is Xsens Technologies’ MEMS-studded bodysuit. The accelerometers and gyros on the suit... >> Full Story Motion Capture on the moonMonday, 20 December 2010Project Moon DustBy testing 3D printing with moon dust and the registration of astronauts' movements on the moon using motion capture, the aim is to develop the technology so that one day everyone may design and build their own sustainable homes on earth, using their movements and the ground or earth beneath their feet.> See how the astronaut uses Xsens MVN for motion... >> Full Story Xsens featured in MEMS Investor JournalFriday, 17 December 2010MEMS Investor Journal has published an interview with Per Slycke about latest developments in inertial sensing, MEMS IMU’s and AHRS’s. The interview with Xsens’ CTO focuses on the emerging trends in the MEMS industry and where these new technologies are being applied. Per Slycke explains typical applications and discusses the differences among various... >> Full Story Xsens technology at Universal StudiosMonday, 06 December 2010Reflecting the increased interest in virtual production following the success of Avatar and Alice in Wonderland, Universal Studios has opened Universal Virtual Stage 1 on its premises.The studio is a pre-rigged, pre-calibrated virtual production setup with Xsens technology like Xsens MVN motion capture solution and MVN MotionGrid positioning aiding system. The facilities... >> Full Story Two Worlds 2 motion capture with Xsens MVNMonday, 29 November 2010See behind the scenes motion capture action movies and see some final shots of the game Two Worlds 2, to be released January 2011 by SouthPeak Games and TopWare Interactive.> Two Worlds 2 motion capture >> Full Story Xsens MVN review on CGWorldWednesday, 24 November 2010CGWorld Japan will review the Xsens MVN motion capture solution on their website, the first part of the review is now online:> http://cgworld.jp/feature/review/mvn-001.html (in Japanese) About CGWorld CGWorld Japan was the first CG media website in Japan and brings daily news about CG in film, television, games, video, images, industrial design and virtual... >> Full Story Xsens upgrades hardware and MT SDKMonday, 22 November 2010Xsens has launched a revision of the popular MTi and MTi-G Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS). Improvements have been made in hardware, firmware and software. This webpage discusses the changes. Hardware revision 1.5 The MTi and MTi-G have undergone a hardware revision, which has resulted in a higher temperature rating, a more robust design and the... >> Full Story Willem Alexander, Prince of Orange paid visit to XsensFriday, 05 November 2010Friday, 05 November 2010 - As part of a visit regarding the knowledge infrastructure in the region of Twente, Willem Alexander, Prince of Orange paid a visit to Xsens Technologies B.V. in Enschede.> Read the Ducth press releaseMore pictures (click picture for a larger view): >> Full Story Prins Willem Alexander brengt werkbezoek aan XsensFriday, 05 November 2010ENSCHEDE, 5 november 2010 – Als onderdeel van een werkbezoek aan Twente, heeft Prins Willem Alexander een bezoek gebracht aan Xsens Technologies B.V. in Enschede. Het werkbezoek stond in het teken van de innovatieve bedrijvigheid in Twente, waarbij versterking van de regionale economie door samenwerking tussen ondernemers, onderzoeks- en onderwijsinstelligen en de... >> Full Story Xsens releases wireless 3D motion trackerThursday, 21 October 2010Xsens Technologies B.V., the leader in professional 3D tracking systems, today announced the availability of the MTw™ miniature wireless inertial motion tracker for ambulatory 3D kinematic measurements. The Xsens MTw™ wireless body-area network system will be shown for the first time at the Neuroscience 2010 conference (November 13-17, 2010) in San Diego, USA at booth... >> Full Story Inertial Sensors go HollywoodWednesday, 20 October 2010MEMS-based accelerometers and gyroscopes bring Marvel Studios’ Iron Man to life.At the end of Iron Man 2, when the heroes and villains are flying, flipping, punching and rolling about in a Japanese garden, the real stars aren’t the actors. They’re a bunch of matchbox-sized sensor packs sewn into the lining of the so-called “mo-cap” suits, which enable stunt... >> Full Story Serious Games with Xsens MVNTuesday, 19 October 2010This Dutch article in the NRC is about the new upcoming market for 'Serious Games'. In the article you see a photo of a TNO employee wearing the Xsens MVN suit in preperation for a serious gaming concept.> Read the article (Dutch) >> Full Story Xsens for the fifth time in Deloitte Technology Fast 50Friday, 15 October 2010For the fifth consecutive year, Xsens has been ranked as one of the fastest growing technology firms in The Netherlands. Xsens was ranked 42nd in the Technology Fast 50, Deloitte’s annual listing of the fastest growing technology companies in the Benelux. Xsens is one of the few companies that made the Fast 50 five times in a row, making Xsens one of the most... >> Full Story Xsens participates in Marie Curie (MC Impulse) training programThursday, 07 October 2010As part of Xsens' participation in the EU funded Marie Curie program named MC Impulse, Xsens is investigating sensor fusion for nonlinear tracking problems and ultrawideband RF positioning in particular. The MC Impulse network is a collaboration with the academic partners University of Twente, Lancaster University, Linköping University, Fraunhofer Institute KFIE... >> Full Story New game designer and game developer course includes Xsens MVN trainingTuesday, 05 October 2010Syntra Limburg is organizing a new game design and game developer course at the Hasselt Campus. The training includes an Xsens MVN training in the new Motion Capture studio."The cream of the crop of the course is the Motion Capture studio. In the studio an actor or a lecturer can put on the motion capture suit with sensors and their movements are real-time registered on a... >> Full Story Previs documentary onlineMonday, 04 October 2010Xsens MVN has been used for the previsualisation of Iron Man 2 and Alice in Wonderland a.o. The Previsualization Society has made a documentary that gives an insight in the basics of the previs process and shares a bit of its history and future goals.> The first part of the previs documentary is now online.About the Previsualization SocietyThe Previsualization Society... >> Full Story Xsens in the Marine Technology Reporter 100 (MTR 100)Wednesday, 29 September 2010Xsens has been named in the Marine Technology Reporter 100 (MTR 100), a list with the 100 leading companies serving the global subsea market. The MTR 100 has been published for the 5th time and is of great significance to the maritime market. Xsens was also named in the 2009 edition. It is the only miniature AHRS manufacturer in the list. Xsens has been a player in the... >> Full Story Behind the scenes: Motion Capture with Xsens MVN for Ubisoft Dance on BroadwayWednesday, 25 August 2010Xsens MVN is used as motion capture solution in the Dance on Broadway game by Ubisoft. Find out more as they go behind the scenes at Longtail Studios. Some of the character avatars were generated using the Xsens MVN suit. You can see the dancer in Xsens MVN suit in the movie.Dance on Broadway is currently in the top 3 of best selling games for the Wii on Amazon in the... >> Full Story Xsens in board of directors 3DMAMonday, 23 August 2010Xsens human movement specialist dr. Daniel Roetenberg will take place in the 3DMA board of directors. Daniel will enter the board as a representative from the industry. Xsens taking place in this board is a new step in the adoption of intertial motion technology for the movement science industry. Xsens has had a strong reputation in the movement science market for... >> Full Story Motion capture actor Chris Jai Alex at XsensTuesday, 17 August 2010During SIGGRAPH 2010 motion capture actor Chris Jai Alex was present at our booth for some live entertainment during the show. See Chris Jai Alex do some tricks and moves in our Xsens MVN suit at the Xsens booth.Chris Jai Alex is known for his work to voice video games and animation along with animating some characters with his movement via motion capture... >> Full Story Xsens congratulates number 1, 2 and 3 of SAUC-E!Tuesday, 17 August 2010Xsens congratulates the top three teams at the 5th annual Student Autonomous Underwater Challenge – Europe, held in July 2010 at the NATO Research Centre located in La Spezia, Italy. All three teams were using Xsens MTi’s to stabilize their AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle). The Challenge was won by the University di Girona from Spain with the Sparus, by... >> Full Story Behind the scenes: Motion Capture with Xsens MVN for Silent Hill 8Monday, 16 August 2010Xsens MVN is used as motion capture solution in the new Silent Hill (working title: All Access Silent Hill 8) game. Find out more as they go behind the scenes on the Xsens MVN motion capture shoot.> See the movie at G4tv. >> Full Story Xsens explores the world modelingWednesday, 28 July 2010A delegation of the Xsens research team went to Linköping University to take part in the learning world models workshop organized by Thomas Schön and Giorgio Grisetti. This workshop, sponsored by Cadics and Xsens set the stage for a two day period of generating and discussion of new idea's related to identification and modeling. Xsens' interest for the workshop was... >> Full Story Xsens releases UWB RF-based position aiding technology to enable occlusion-free, real-time, driftless multi-person motion capture in large volumesTuesday, 20 July 2010- At SIGGRAPH 2010, Xsens releases MotionGridTM, a breakthrough motion capture technology for previs, virtual moviemaking, game development and training & simulation - Enschede, The Netherlands – July 20th, 2010 – Xsens Technologies B.V., the leader in professional 3D tracking systems will be releasing MVN MotionGridTM at SIGGRAPH 2010 in Los Angeles, California. MVN... >> Full Story Xsens unveils MVN Studio 3.0 - now available with KiCTuesday, 13 July 2010MVN Studio 3.0 increases stability of 3D tracking in magnetically distorted environments and includes many new features ENSCHEDE, Netherlands, 12 July 2010 - Xsens Technologies B.V., leader in professional 3D tracking systems, today announced the release of MVN Studio 3.0. The latest version of Xsens' motion capture software application now comes with the previously... >> Full Story Xsens releases MotionGrid at SIGGRAPH 2010Tuesday, 13 July 2010MVN MotionGrid is a position aiding system for Xsens MVN. MotionGrid enables real-time driftless multi-person recording. The portable system can be used indoors and outdoors. With a minimal amount of hardware and quick calibration, MotionGrid is a flexible and cost effective system. Large capture volumes of 20x20m (60x60ft) can be easily realized using the default... >> Full Story Xsens Xperience 2010 - VISION 2020Tuesday, 13 July 2010Xsens Xperience 2010 - Anniversary Edition VISION 2020 The Xsens Xperience is an -invitation only- event for industry professionals held during Siggraph in LA. This year, Xsens celebrates its 10th anniversary. By inviting leading professionals who share their vision on the future of motion capture, previs and virtual moviemaking, we will take this Xperience to look... >> Full Story Xsens releases landmark algorithm for stable 3D tracking in magnetically distorted environmentsWednesday, 07 July 2010ENSCHEDE, Netherlands,—July 6, 2010— Xsens Technologies B.V., the leader in professional 3D tracking systems, today announced the general availability of its KinematicCoupling (KiCTM) algorithm in its newly released software suite MVN Studio 3.0 for professional grade human motion capture. Xsens MVN will be on show at the SIGGRAPH conference (July 27-29, 2010) in Los... >> Full Story Soccer player Landon Donovan in Xsens MVN for EA Sports' FIFA Soccer 2011 gameThursday, 20 May 2010The new “Xsens MVN” motion-capture technology allows for more natural movement from players in the FIFA games, producer Matt Prior said. “This allows us to capture the athlete in his more native enviornment,” Prior said. “Traditionally, what we have is a motion-capture studio (in suburban Vancouver), which is a very different environment – it's very blacked... >> Full Story MEMS Motion Sensing Meets HollywoodThursday, 20 May 2010Analog Devices Inc., (NYSE: ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications, and Xsens Technologies B.V., a leading supplier of 3D motion tracking products, have collaborated to develop real-time motion capture technology that is being used for character animation in major motion pictures, including the 2010 releases of... >> Full Story Xsens and The Third Floor help previsualize Marvel's "Iron Man 2"Tuesday, 11 May 2010Enschede, The Netherlands and Los Angeles, CA, USA – May 7, 2010 - Xsens Technologies, creator of the MVN full body motion capture system and The Third Floor, one of the world’s leading previs studios, used new technology to design sequences for Marvel’s “Iron Man 2”. Since December 2007, Xsens and The Third Floor have been expanding the field of... >> Full Story Fugro Subsea Technologies purchases another batch of MTi’sThursday, 06 May 2010Fugro Subsea Technologies Singapore has purchased 10 Xsens MTi’s for use in their FCV ROV. Fugro Subsea Technologies now uses several tens of MTi’s for the stabilization of their ROV fleet. For more information on Fugro Subsea Technologies, visit http://www.fugro.sg/rovmanufacturing.htm Image courtesy of Fugro >> Full Story The Avatar EffectWednesday, 28 April 2010ICG Magazine features an article about Motion Capture and virtual moviemaking. “The team at Xsens Technologies is thinking equally outside the box, offering a motion capture solution, Xsens MVN, based on suit-mounted MEMS [micro electromechanical systems] inertial sensors. The process uses no markers, so occlusion and misidentification are not factors, minimizing... >> Full Story Xsens MVN at Dassault SystemsWednesday, 28 April 2010Dassault Systems uses XSENS MVN for 3D animations and live shows. In these movies you can see Xsens MVN in action. > Behind the scenes of Féerie des eaux at the Grand Rex in Paris> LCI TV Channel visits Dassault Systemes >> Full Story Book about possibilities and limitations of the inertial Motion Capture system Xsens MVNWednesday, 21 April 2010The authors Stefan Haehnlein and Daniel Mewes discovered the possibilities and limitations of the inertial Motion Capture system "Xsens MVN" and wrote a book about their experience. The Main part of the book covers the research and creation of a production pipeline for the short movie "for unexpected moments" in which Xsens MVN has been used as an Onset Motion Capture... >> Full Story Xsens MVN Motion Capture solution used in Alice in WonderlandFriday, 12 March 2010Watch this behind the scenes movie clip on Discovery Daily Planet featuring the Xsens MVN under the green suit at 2:37. > Behind the scenes at Alice in Wonderland Picture courtesy of Disney >> Full Story Xsens presents 10,000th Motion Tracker at Oceanology International 2010Thursday, 11 March 2010LONDON, March 10th - At Oceanology International 2010 in London, Xsens’ 10,000th Motion Tracker was presented. During a celebration lunch for Xsens 10th anniversary Casper Peeters, CEO of Xsens, handed over an award with the 10,000th Motion Tracker embedded to Simon Partridge, Engineering Director of Sonardyne. "Sonardyne is a valued customer of us," says Casper... >> Full Story Xsens & Image Metrics Partner to Provide Complete Freedom of Movement with on Location Body & Facial Performance Capture SolutionTuesday, 09 March 2010Combined Full-Body and Facial Motion Capture Technologies eliminate need to film in studio for affordable animation production for games and films.ENSCHEDE, THE NETHERLANDS and SANTA MONICA, CA – Mar. 3, 2010 - Xsens Technologies, a leading supplier of 3D motion tracking products based on miniature MEMS inertial sensor technology, and Image Metrics, a leading... >> Full Story Xsens Workshop GDC San FranciscoTuesday, 16 February 2010GDC is the official trade event "by developers for developers" of computer, console, mobile, arcade, online games, and location based entertainment.Xsens will be hosting a motion capture workshop at GDC. The workshop will introduce you to the Xsens MVN Motion Capture system. You will experience the whole pipeline from the actual motion capture (at your desk) to... >> Full Story Xsens: 10 Years in MotionThursday, 28 January 2010Founded in 2000, Xsens has evolved into a leading supplier of 3D motion tracking products. Various awards and listings underline the success of the company and the importance of our products for the marketplace. More important though, hundreds of customers worldwide successfully utilize our technology and count on the performance and quality that Xsens stands for. We... >> Full Story Xsens products used in two articles in InsideGNSSMonday, 18 January 2010In the latest Inside GNSS magazine two articles were included about applications that use Xsens Motion Trackers. In an article about the Burredo UAV, designed by the University of Florida, an Xsens MTi-G was used for control and stabilization of the flying platform. In an article about the DINGPOS project, the Xsens MTi was used together with a software GNSS receiver... >> Full Story First MVN BIOMECH shipped todayThursday, 17 December 2009Today, December 16th 2009, Xsens shipped the first MVN BIOMECH system! MVN BIOMECH is a ambulatory human measurement system tailored to the needs of biomechanics researchers. Xsens originally developed the MVN system mainly for 3D animation and motion capture in the game and entertainment industries three years ago. The biomechanics market showed growing interest in... >> Full Story Xsens received CE Design Award for MVN electronicsMonday, 30 November 2009The Xsens MVN motion capture suit received the D.A.R.E. Consultancy CE Design Award. D.A.R.E. Consultancy measured the EMC performance with respect to generated as well as immunity to electromagnetic radiation. The measurements proved that the electronics of Xsens technology, with electrical wiring and wireless connection to and from 19 individual electronic... >> Full Story Xsens introduces MVN for Sports Science at Camosun CollegeMonday, 23 November 2009Xsens Technologies visited the Sport Innovation Centre (SPIN) on the Camosun College Interurban campus, to introduce the Xsens MVN for use in sport science. SPIN is a part of PISE (Pacific Institute for Sports Excellence) home to numerous Canadian national team athletes and coaches. Xsens MVN will take motion capture out of the lab, so sports coaches and scientists... >> Full Story Xsens receives Innovation AwardWednesday, 18 November 2009The High Growth Award for Innovation 2009 was awarded to Xsens. The High Growth Awards are awarded annually to Dutch enterprises with exceptional revenue growth, combined with high quality in areas such as strategy, market positioning, finance and IT. Xsens won the Award for Innovation because of a consistent execution of a clear strategy. “Xsens advances the... >> Full Story Xsens for the fourth time in Deloitte Technology Fast 50Monday, 02 November 2009For the fourth consecutive year, Xsens has been ranked as one of the fastest growing technology firms in The Netherlands. Xsens was ranked 30th in the Technology Fast 50, Deloitte’s annual listing of the fastest growing technology companies in The Netherlands and Belgium. Xsens is one of the few companies that made the Fast 50 four times in a row, making them one... >> Full Story Xsens Webinar: Pros and cons of inertial sensing for human motion analysisTuesday, 27 October 2009Xsens webinar: Pros and cons of inertial sensing for human motion analysis Xsens Technologies, a leading supplier in inertial sensor technology, will host a free webinar entitled: “Pros and cons of inertial sensing for human motion analysis”.This will provide an opportunity for those in the biomechanics field to learn about the latest developments on inertial... >> Full Story Xsens nominated for the High Growth Award 2009Thursday, 15 October 2009Xsens is nominated for the High Growth Award 2009 for the second time. Xsens won the Silver award in 2008. The High Growth Awards is an annual award for Dutch businesses with a high revenue growth in the last three years. Port4Growth organizes this event.This years award ceremony will be held on the 17th of November in Amersfoort, The... >> Full Story MTi and MTi-G are now delivered from stockTuesday, 06 October 2009As of October 1st, Xsens will deliver its standard MTi and MTi-G from stock. This means that shipment will take place within 48 hours after reception of the order. Shipping within 48 hours is important for Xsens’ customers who rely on a trustworthy partner in business. Conditions do apply, ask your sales representative for more... >> Full Story Venturebeat: Xsens Technologies captures every human motion with body suitWednesday, 30 September 2009Xsens Technologies captures every human motion with body suit Motion capture is one of the technologies that Hollywood and game publishers can’t live without. It’s an expensive process that captures the motion of human actors and translates it into digital form so that artists can create more realistic animations of humans on the... >> Full Story Xsens MTi in AsteRxi high-quality multi-sensor GNSS receiverWednesday, 30 September 2009Septentrio launches inertially aided GNSS solutions The Xsens MTi is used in the Septentrio AsteRxiTM multi-sensor GNSS receiver Septentrio launched AsteRxiTM, its first multi-sensor GNSS receiver. AsteRxiTM processes high-quality GNSS measurements with IMU-measurements to generate an enhanced integrated position.... >> Full Story Xsens in panel MEMS Executive CongressMonday, 28 September 2009Xsens' CTO Per Slycke is one of the panelists in the MEMS Executive Congress panel on "Bio/Medical Devices and MEMS". This year’s congress will be held on November 4-6 in Sonoma, California. At the MEMS Executive Congress leaders from the entire MEMS supply chain—many joined by their OEM customers—will discuss innovations in MEMS on... >> Full Story Xsens research awarded during ICUWBMonday, 14 September 2009Xsens research awarded during ICUWB At the International Conference of Ultra Wideband (http://www.icuwb2009.org) the research of Jeroen Hol, a PhD researcher at Xsens was awarded the “Best Student Paper” award. Jeroen Hol submitted his research on “Tightly Coupled UWB/IMU Pose Estimation”. In his paper a 6DOF tracking system... >> Full Story Xsens Technologies included in the Marine Technology Reporter 100 (MTR 100)Wednesday, 02 September 2009Xsens Technologies has been included in the Marine Technology Reporter 100 (MTR 100), a list with profiles of the 100 leading companies serving the global subsea market. The MTR 100 is a list with a constantly growing significance in the industry and shows profiles of large and small companies, based all over the world. As the only MEMS... >> Full Story Xsens US office operationalWednesday, 19 August 2009Xsens has opened a Los Angeles based office to serve its North American customer base. The initial team focuses on motion capture for the Entertainment industry. The team operates out of Lacy Studio Loft, a recently refurbished warehouse centrally located in Los Angeles. In order to support our continuously expanding customer base, especially those in film production... >> Full Story Leading browser-based game developer Bigpoint chooses Xsens’ motion capture technologyWednesday, 19 August 2009Xsens Technologies, creator of MVN, the leading camera-less motion capture solution, announces browser-based videogames developer Bigpoint as new customer. This confirms the acceptance of Xsens MVN as a proven motion capture technology in the game industry. Bigpoint (known for Seafight and DarkOrbit, a.o.) is using Xsens MVN during production of their upcoming game... >> Full Story MTi-G accuracy put to the test in AEC jet aircraftThursday, 06 August 2009In a test with the test aircraft Aero L-29 Delfin jet of the Avionics Engineering Center (AEC, Ohio University) research engineers have proven that the Miniature GPS-aided Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS) MTi-G of Xsens provides excellent attitude and heading accuracy even during high dynamic flight tests. Flight tests were conducted by mounting a Honeywell... >> Full Story Leading visual effects studio chooses Xsens’ inertial motion capture technologyWednesday, 05 August 2009Xsens Technologies, creator of MVN, the leading camera-less motion capture solution, announces Double Negative Visual Effects as a new customer. This confirms further acceptance of MVN as a proven motion capture technology in the mainstream film industry. Double Negative (known for Angels & Demons, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, The Boat that Rocked... >> Full Story Xsens and Time Domain Partner to Advance Entertainment Industry 3D Tracking TechnologyMonday, 03 August 2009Xsens Technologies B.V., the leader in 3D tracking systems, and Time Domain Corporation, the leader in ultra wideband (UWB) real‐time location systems (RTLS), today announced a partnership that will advance the entertainment industry’s 3D tracking and motion capture systems. Xsens will unveil the new tracking system’s capabilities at this week’s SIGGRAPH... >> Full Story Xsens MVN in upcoming geek movie ‘Paul’Tuesday, 21 July 2009See Seth Rogan (Pineapple Express, Knocked Up) in the Xsens MVN suit for the upcoming geek-friendly movie “Paul” In this Simon Pegg/Nick Frost written, Greg Mottola directed alien comedy, two sci-fi geeks set out on a road trip to Area 51. While in the middle of the desert, they encounter a fugitive alien by the name of Paul. "I am [doing the voice of Paul].... >> Full Story Xsens inertial sensors show how jockeys help horses to run fasterTuesday, 21 July 2009Modern Riding Style Improves Horse Racing Times Veterinarians in the Structure and Motion lab at the University of London's Royal Veterinary College have been working with the British Racing School in Newmarket to analyze the best and safest ways for jockeys to ride their horses. To determine just how energy-efficient Sloan's pose is, they attached identical Xsens... >> Full Story Xsens MTi goes into orbit!Friday, 10 July 2009An Xsens MTi will spend several months in the International Space Station (ISS). Space Applications Services from Zaventem, Belgium, participates in project WEAR++ that aims at developing a powerful, lightweight, modular and easily wearable Augmented Reality (AR) system that allows hands free operation using various technologies. WEAR++ is a project funded by... >> Full Story Intelligent shoe reveals forces inside the bodyTuesday, 30 June 2009Intelligent shoe reveals forces inside the body Integrated sensors in shoe ensure correct treatment advice Martin Schepers of the University of Twente has developed a new intelligent shoe. It has four sensors that measure force and movement during walking, giving doctors a fast and accurate image of the walking pattern and enabling them to plan the right method of... >> Full Story PGA's Produced By conferenceTuesday, 09 June 2009Patrick Runyon, Xsens' MVN product specialst North America was a speaker at the PGA's Produced By conference in Los Angeles on June 6th. He spoke about the Xsens MVN system at the session on Performance/Motion Capture Production Technology. Other speakers included: Speakers from left to right: Greg LaSalle - Founding Partner Mova - The Incredible Hulk, The... >> Full Story Xsens now integrated in CAREN softwareMonday, 04 May 2009Xsens now integrated in CAREN software Amsterdam, 9 April 2009, Motek Medical integrated Xsens sensors into the hardware pallet of the CAREN software. The mobility of the sensors in combination with the direct feedback and integration opportunities of the CAREN software enables a new spectrum for research and rehabilitation applications. Proving the strength of the... >> Full Story Breakthrough performance increase of miniature MEMS inertial sensing technologyWednesday, 22 April 2009Xsens Technologies has completed the staged release of the new generation MTi and MTi-G, its miniature MEMS based Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS). With the latest developments (described below), the MTi and MTi-G can be used in applications where MEMS technology was not suitable before. >> Full Story USA Today: All the right movesWednesday, 15 April 2009A Netherlands-based tag team [Xsens] helped Killzone 2 get to the finish line with all the right moves. When developer Guerrilla Games had some last minute action to add to the game, it turned to neighboring Amsterdam firm Xsens, which had designed a new way to do motion capture. >> Full Story Xsens announces Sony Picture Imageworks and Insomniac Games as new customersThursday, 02 April 2009Xsens Press Release: Leading film and game studios choose Xsens’ motion capture technologyThursday, 02 April 2009Xsens Xperience at GDCTuesday, 24 March 2009The Xsens Xperience is a panel event aimed at sharing Xsens MVN user experiences. It is an invitation-only event for animators, motion capture specialists, creative directors etc. interested in learning more about MVN. The audience contains those interested in using MVN as well as existing users. >> Full Story Xsens MVN in Elsevier MagazineThursday, 19 March 2009The Dutch opinion Magazine Elsevier features a four page article about Guerrilla Games in Amsterdam. Guerilla Games produced Killzone 2, a major game release by Sony Computer Entertainment for the Playstation 3. >> Full Story Xsens is proud to present its new corporate designThursday, 19 March 2009After almost ten years Xsens presents a new logo that better reflects the growth and ambition of our company - while respecting our technology and innovation driven roots. We feel that the new logo perfectly represents Xsens: a group of talented people dedicated to deliver cutting-edge inertial motion tracking products with best-in-class performance and outstanding... >> Full Story Innovation AwardThursday, 08 November 2007Live on television on November 7th 2007, the motion capture suit of Xsens Technologies B.V. ‘Moven’, was rewarded with the Innovation Award of Overijssel as most valuable innovative product 2007. >> Full Story PhD theses by researchers affiliated to, or sponsored by XsensMonday, 01 January 2007[pdf 2.9 MB] Sensor Fusion and Calibration of Inertial Sensors, Vision, Ultra-Wideband and GPS PhD Thesis J.D. Hol, June 2011, Linköping University [pdf 1.6 MB] Ultra-Wideband Ranging for Low-Complexity Indoor Positioning Applications PhD Thesis G. Bellusci, Januari 2011, Delft University of... >> Full Story Research articles by XsensMonday, 01 January 2007H. Martin Schepers and Peter H. Veltink, Stochastic magnetic measurement model for relative position and orientation estimationMeas. Sci. Technol. 21 (2010) 065801 (10pp)[pdf 457 kB] H. Martin Schepers, Daniel Roetenberg, Peter H. Veltink, Ambulatory human motion tracking by fusion of inertial and magnetic sensing with adaptive actuationMED BIOL ENG COMPUT (2010)... >> Full Story Scientific papers biomechanicsMonday, 01 January 2007Paulis W.D., Horemans H.L.D., Brouwer B.S. Stam H.j., Excellent test-retest and inter-rater reliability for Tardieu Scale measurements with inertial sensors in elbow flexors of stroke patientsTo appear in Gait & PostureLink Xsens product: Xbus KitSupej M. 3D Measurements of alpine skiing with an inertial sensor motion capture suit and GNSS RTK systemJournal of Sports... >> Full Story |
