Built from the ground up, Shōgun takes advantage of Vicon’s 35 years’ experience of motion capture and the improved technology available in Vicon Vantage and Vicon Vero cameras.
Today’s visual effects productions need to be achieved in real time and deliver the highest quality skeletal data in the shortest time possible. Shōgun 1.3 complements and supports existing groundbreaking features including Live Subject Calibration, SDI Video Support, and Unbreakable Solving. Shōgun 1.3 features a brand new high resolution finger solver supporting a full finger model capable of capturing high fidelity motion, including palm motion, developed over 18 months in collaboration with Framestore.
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Shōgun 1.3 features a brand new high resolution finger solver supporting a full finger model capable of capturing high fidelity motion, including palm motion. Based on an 18-month project with Framestore, one of the leading film and television production houses, we co-developed the tool and road tested it on a number of real life shoots. Based on a high-density, 58-marker hand model we are able to constrain the skeleton and create reduced marker sets while maintaining the full hand model underneath. This allows production houses to produce previously unseen levels of finger animation, using a production-friendly marker-set, all in realtime, with Shōgun’s proven Subject Calibration workflow.
The time it takes from an actor putting on their suit through to when you call ‘Rolling’ can be substantial. Shōgun features a new live subject calibration, this means that you can be fully calibrated in under a minute. Initial labeling of your actors starts automatically as soon as they enter a T-pose. Shōgun then processes each frame of the ROM as it’s being captured, dynamically calibrating the subject in the background. This results in a proportionally accurate skeleton and delivers outstanding labeling results.
Shōgun 1.3 supports the ability to scale processes across multiple machines. For example, reconstruction and labeling can be run on one machine with solving and retargeting run on a second machine. This will help reduce CPU load and allow for larger more complex captures. Things like fingers and retargeting come with an extra processing cost which can often lead to unwanted dropped frames. Multi-machine will help reduce the amount of dropped frames and help keep everything running smoothly.
New to Shōgun 1.3 is the ability to retarget from the Vicon Shōgun character onto any custom character. We understand that customers would prefer to see their own characters being driven by the motion capture data rather than ours. Working in conjunction with our plug-ins it takes only a matter of seconds before you can see the character in the game engine. Speed up the production process by visualizing the motion capture performance using assets and tools you are familiar with.
The labeling and solving within Shōgun represent a step change in what a motion capture platform can provide in real time. Shōgun’s ability to deal with marker occlusions is unprecedented in the world of mocap and reinforces your confidence in the most challenging shoots. Some markers might be hidden but your character solve continues. Complex scenes like fight sequences and stunt work involving multiple actors all benefit from this unbreakable realtime.
All the data is written in real time directly to disk, meaning you no longer need to fully re-process your data after capture. This saves you and your productions a huge amount of time in Post. Simply drag your mocap file into Shōgun Post and review your data within seconds, knowing that it’s exactly what you saw during the shoot. Data can be reprocessed from raw, but using Shōgun’s unbreakable realtime, in many cases this won’t be necessary. Shōgun Post features a new data heat map showing the data quality across your take. The Live improvements in labeling are also available in Shōgun Post.
Shōgun 1.3 features a brand new high resolution finger solver supporting a full finger model capable of capturing high fidelity motion, including palm motion. Based on a high-density, 58-marker hand model we are able to constrain the skeleton and create reduced marker sets while maintaining the full hand model underneath. Fingers can now be calibrated based on the performer’s real hands.
New to Shōgun 1.3 is the ability to retarget from the Vicon Shōgun character onto any custom character. With Shōgun 1.3 we’ve created tools to allow you to animate and drive any character in FBX format. This mapping file can then be saved and reused across multiple actors saving time and allowing shoots to stay on schedule.
Shōgun 1.3 supports the ability to scale processes across multiple machines. For example, reconstruction and labeling can be run on one machine with solving and retargeting run on a second machine. This will help reduce CPU load and allow for larger more complex captures. This process has been tried and tested with our 35 person capture which can be seen on the Vicon website.
Shōgun Post 1.3 features a new gap list showing you a list of all the gaps relevant to that subject. Each gap can be clicked on and the graph will zoom to focus on that gap. You can then use an automatic rigid fill operation to automatically fill gaps.
Shogun Post 1.3 now supports the ability to export skeletal data as USD format. This enables Shogun users to quickly get animation onto an IOS device, allowing the use of features like the new AR Kit technology to bring your animated character to life.
Vicon recommends the following three specifications for use with your Vicon Shogun System. If you are using an older version of Vicon software, please contact Vicon to ensure there are no issues or driver limitations if you are upgrading your PC. Your choice depends on your application requirements and the size of your system.
Please note the following:
mATX 4 drive bay chassis
INTEL® CORE™ i9-7900X PROCESSOR
Corsair Hydro H100i Cooler
32GB (2x16GB) 2666MHz RAM
GeForce 1050Ti
2 off 250GB SSD Boot Drive Read 530MB/s
1 off 3TB WD Black 7,200RPM HDD
650W 80 PLUS Platinum PSU
Asus X99 MOBO
1 off 4 Port Intel I350-T4 Gigabit network Card
64 bit Windows 10 operating platform
mATX 4 drive bay chassis
INTEL® CORE™ i9-7900X PROCESSOR
Corsair Hydro H100i Cooler
32GB (2x16GB) 2666MHz RAM
GeForce 1050Ti
2 off 250GB SSD Boot Drive Read 530MB/s
1 off 3TB WD Black 7,200RPM HDD
650W 80 PLUS Platinum PSU
Asus X99 MOBO
1 off 4 Port Intel I350-T4 Gigabit network Card
64 bit Windows 10 operating platform
mATX 4 drive bay chassis
INTEL® CORE™ i9-7900X PROCESSOR
Corsair Hydro H100i Cooler
32GB (2x16GB) 2666MHz RAM
GeForce 1050Ti
3 off 250GB SSD Boot Drive Read 530MB/s
1 off 3TB WD Black 7,200RPM HDD
650W 80 PLUS Platinum PSU
Asus TUF X99 MOBO
1 off 4 Port Intel I350-T4 Gigabit network Card
1 off i210 NIC
64 bit Windows 10 operating platform
| Current release version | Windows 10 | Windows 7* | Linux | OSX |
| Shōgun 1.2.1 | 64 bit | 64 bit* | x | x |
| Nexus 2.9.2 | 64 bit | 64 bit* | x | x |
| Tracker 3.7.0 | 64 bit | 64 bit* | x | x |
| Polygon 4.4.5 | 64 bit | 64 bit* | x | x |
| CaraLive 1.3.0 | 64 bit | 64 bit* | x | x |
| CaraPost 1.2.0 | 64 bit | 64 bit* | x | x |
| Pegasus 1.2.1 | 64 bit | 64 bit* | x | x |
| ProCalc 1.3.0 | 64 bit | 64 bit* | x | x |
| ProEclipse 1.3.1 | 64 bit | 64 bit* | x | x |
| DataStream SDK 1.8.0 | 64 bit | 64 bit* | 64 bit | 10.11 |
| Bodybuilder 3.6.4 | 64 bit | 64 bit* | x | x |
Please do note:
Shogun_1.3.0
Abstract
Vicon Shōgun is a new motion capture software platform for entertainment users that introduces an exciting new set of innovative features unique to Vicon. Shōgun’s new feature set will change the way you work by improving efficiency at each stage of the motion capture workflow, saving you time and delivering the highest quality data in record time. Shōgun supersedes the current industry-leading Vicon Blade software. The Shōgun platform consists of two executables: Shōgun Live and Shōgun Post.
Shōgun allows you to do more than ever possible before in Live. Our new software allows you to calibrate your subject in Live; monitor your camera health frame by frame; see a step change in labeling and solving quality; provides a functional and scaled subject mesh; overlays 3D and calibrated video; directly streams to game engines; all while writing your real-time data directly to disk. Load data into Post in seconds, address issues in a file automatically as it loads, see the overall quality of data presented on your time bar, then make use of the most powerful tools in mocap to polish your take.
The latest release of Shōgun Live & Post includes the following new features.
LIVE
POST
Shogun _1.2.1
Abstract
File Name: Shogun_1.2.1.109386h_x64.zip
Shōgun 1.2.1 includes a number of bug fixes and adds the ability to control Live Subject Calibration using the Live API.
Fixes include:
Shōgun Live:
Shōgun Post:
Requirements
N.B. – The licensing system for Shōgun differs from Blade and other Vicon software applications. Although there are two executables (Live and Post) there will only be one licence type = Shōgun (as opposed to Shogun Live and Shōgun Post). Shōgun Post is seat-licensed and requires one free seat of Shogun per instance of the software that is desired to be used simultaneously. Shōgun Live however uses a new ‘catch and release’ concept. Shōgun Live does perform a licence check during launch and must find a valid Shōgun licence, but does not ‘check out’ this licence.
Shogun _1.2.0
Abstract
File Name: Shogun_1.2.0.108131h_x64.zip
Shōgun 1.2 introduces a number of new features including
Live:
Custom skeleton support in Shōgun. SDI video support. Prop mesh with manipulator in Live. Vue and SDI video is now part of MCP Review. Live subject calibration feedback. Camera rays are now visible. Marker co-variance is now visible. Improved 3D overlay with opacity slider. Reload Subject button. Removed the idea of Y/Z up in Shogun.
Post:
Offline subject calibration. Brighten video files as part of your batching in Shōgun Post. Batch export video files as image sequences in Shōgun Post. Print timecode to videos in Shōgun Post. Zoom the Shōgun Post time bar and easily set range handles. Populate updated subjects across MCP files via batching. Ability to set primary selection color and improved visual representation.
275 bug fixes including: Improved finger-solving using new subject models. Workspace axis is larger and off to the side. Origin in clearly marked on the grid. Improved alias folder management. Improved booting during subject calibration. ExportFBX.hsl no longer has the wrong defaults. Exporting subjects to a folder now only requires one click and defaults to the Subjects folder. Removed ‘Keep existing labels’ dialog when removing a subject. Aligned workspace menu in Live and Post. Added a warning window when modifying joint lengths in Post. Added option to remove single frame trajectories from MCP files.
Requirements
N.B. – The licensing system for Shōgun differs from Blade and other Vicon software applications. Although there are two executables (Live and Post) there will only be one licence type = Shōgun (as opposed to Shogun Live and Shōgun Post). Shōgun Post is seat-licensed and requires one free seat of Shogun per instance of the software that is desired to be used simultaneously. Shōgun Live however uses a new ‘catch and release’ concept. Shōgun Live does perform a licence check during launch and must find a valid Shōgun licence, but does not ‘check out’ this licence.
Shogun _1.1.0
Abstract
File Name: ShogunLive 1.1.0.103309h.zip
Shogun 1.1 introduces a number of new features in LIVE and POST.
LIVE:
POST:
Shōgun 1.1.0 Features
Along with a series of addressed issues
Live:
Post:
Vicon Shogun – Final Quality Skeletal Data by Day’s End. Vicon Shogun is a new motion capture software platform for entertainment users that introduces an exciting new set of innovative features unique to Vicon. Shogun’s new feature set will change the way you work by improving efficiency at each stage of the motion capture workflow, saving you time and delivering the highest quality data in record time. Shogun supersedes the current industry-leading Vicon Blade software. The Shogun platform consists of two executables: Shogun Live and Shogun Post. Shogun allows you to do more than ever possible before in Live. Our new software allows you to:
Requirements
Shogun _1.0.1
Abstract
File Name: Shogun_1.0.1.101150h.zip
Shogun 1.0.1 fixes a number of bugs including
LIVE: Subject calibration being slow when lots of clusters are in the system Labeling Cluster Mode is off by default and now warns the user when it’s active. This improves subject labeling performance. Markers in the data stream now have occlusion fixing turned on.
POST: Improved object interaction in the 3D workspace. Fixed crash when importing in FBX files getLastFile HSL now returns correct value
Vicon Shogun – Final Quality Skeletal Data by Day’s End. Vicon Shogun is a new motion capture software platform for entertainment users that introduces an exciting new set of innovative features unique to Vicon. Shogun’s new feature set will change the way you work by improving efficiency at each stage of the motion capture workflow, saving you time and delivering the highest quality data in record time. Shogun supersedes the current industry-leading Vicon Blade software. The Shogun platform consists of two executables: Shogun Live and Shogun Post. Shogun allows you to do more than ever possible before in Live. Our new software allows you to calibrate your subject in Live; monitor your camera health frame by frame; see a step change in labelling and solving quality; provides a functional and scaled subject mesh; overlays 3D and calibrated video; directly streams to game engines; all while writing your real-time data directly to disk. Load data into Post in seconds, address issues in a file automatically as it loads, see the overall quality of data presented on your time bar, then make use of the most powerful tools in mocap to polish your take.
Highlighted Features:
A New Streamlined GUI Live Subject Calibration Scaled Subject Mesh with Video Overlay Unbreakable Solving Camera Health Monitoring and Recovery Write Real Time to Disk Drag and Drop to Post Direct Game Engine Streaming Data Health Time Bar
Requirements
Shōgun 1.0 SafeNet License
Shogun _1.0.0
Abstract
File Name: Shogun_1.0.0.100110h_x64.zip
Vicon Shōgun – Final Quality Skeletal Data by Day’s End.
Vicon Shōgun is a new motion capture software platform for entertainment users that introduces an exciting new set of innovative features unique to Vicon. Shōgun’s new feature set will change the way you work by improving efficiency at each stage of the motion capture workflow, saving you time and delivering the highest quality data in record time. Shōgun supersedes the current industry-leading Vicon Blade software. The Shōgun platform consists of two executables: Shōgun Live and Shōgun Post.
Shōgun allows you to do more than ever possible before in Live. Our new software allows you to calibrate your subject in Live; monitor your camera health frame by frame; see a step change in labeling and solving quality; provides a functional and scaled subject mesh; overlays 3D and calibrated video; directly streams to game engines; all while writing your real-time data directly to disk. Load data into Post in seconds, address issues in a file automatically as it loads, see the overall quality of data presented on your time bar, then make use of the most powerful tools in mocap to polish your take.
Highlighted Features:
A New Streamlined GUI Live Subject Calibration Scaled Subject Mesh with Video Overlay Unbreakable Solving Camera Health Monitoring and Recovery Write Real Time to Disk Drag and Drop to Post Direct Game Engine Streaming Data Health Time Bar
Requirements
Shōgun 1.0 SafeNet License
You can find the latest documentation for all current versions of software at here:
Vicon Core Software will also install documentation/help guide when you install the software.
Once installed, launch the software and select Help > View Installed Help
The following software will install Help:
Nexus 2, Shōgun, Tracker 3, Blade 3, Pegasus, CaraLive, CaraPost, Polygon 4
Vicon recommends the following three specifications for use with your Vicon Shōgun System. If you are using an older version of Vicon software, please contact Vicon to ensure there are no issues or driver limitations if you are upgrading your PC. Your choice depends on your application requirements and the size of your system.
Please note the following:
Minimum specs include:
mATX 4 drive bay chassis
INTEL® CORE™ i9-7900X PROCESSOR
Corsair Hydro H100i Cooler
32GB (2x16GB) 2666MHz RAM
GeForce 1050Ti
2 off 250GB SSD Boot Drive Read 530MB/s
1 off 3TB WD Black 7,200RPM HDD
650W 80 PLUS Platinum PSU
Asus X99 MOBO
1 off 4 Port Intel I350-T4 Gigabit network Card
64 bit Windows 10 operating platform
2 Vicon Vue reference video recording. Minimum specs include:
mATX 4 drive bay chassis
INTEL® CORE™ i9-7900X PROCESSOR
Corsair Hydro H100i Cooler
32GB (2x16GB) 2666MHz RAM
GeForce 1050Ti
2 off 250GB SSD Boot Drive Read 530MB/s
1 off 3TB WD Black 7,200RPM HDD
650W 80 PLUS Platinum PSU
Asus X99 MOBO
1 off 4 Port Intel I350-T4 Gigabit network Card
64 bit Windows 10 operating platform
4 Vicon Vue reference video recording. Minimum specs include:
mATX 4 drive bay chassis
INTEL® CORE™ i9-7900X PROCESSOR
Corsair Hydro H100i Cooler
32GB (2x16GB) 2666MHz RAM
GeForce 1050Ti
3 off 250GB SSD Boot Drive Read 530MB/s
1 off 3TB WD Black 7,200RPM HDD
650W 80 PLUS Platinum PSU
Asus TUF X99 MOBO
1 off 4 Port Intel I350-T4 Gigabit network Card
1 off i210 NIC
64 bit Windows 10 operating platform
The most powerful processing algorithms and electronics, combined with industry-leading tracking and data fidelity, means motion capture cameras just took another major step forward. Advances in Vicon’s technology IP allow Vantage to hit resolution and speed sweet spots that make it truly unique.
With the best resolution/speed/price offering on the market, Vicon Vero is the latest optical camera from Vicon. Building on the success of Vantage, Vero combined market-leading resolution and speed at an unrivaled price point. Like its bigger brother, Vantage, Vero has on-board sensors that monitor camera position and temperature to ensure optimal performance at all times.
Vicon are here to support you on your Motion Capture journey. We’re happy to provide more information, answer questions and help you find the solution you need. Get in touch with our experts today.
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| Small | Medium | Large | |
| Chest | 78.7cm / 31in | 85.1cm / 33.5in | 87.6cm / 34.5in |
| Waist | 63.5cm / 25in | 68.6cm / 27in | 78.7cm / 31in |
| Hips | 81.3cm / 32in | 86.4cm / 34in | 91.4cm / 36in |
| Inside Leg | 66cm / 26in | 69.9cm / 27.5in | 77.5cm / 30.5in |
| Small | Medium | Large | Extra Large | |
| Chest | 86.4cm / 34in | 94cm / 37in | 103cm / 40.6in | 114.3cm / 44.5in |
| Waist | 71.1cm / 28in | 83.8cm / 33in | 90cm / 35.4in | 99.1cm / 39in |
| Hips | 88.9cm / 35in | 94cm / 37in | 100cm / 39.4in | 109.2cm / 43in |
| Inside Leg | 66cm / 26in | 69.2cm / 27.3in | 71cm / 28.3in | 81.3cm / 32in |
