Brekel Body v2 – Retail Installer Download
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Main installer (64 bit)
v2.62 64bit
v2.61 64bit
v2.60 64bit
v2.59 64bit
v2.58 64bit
Documentation
(also included with installer)
Changelog
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v2.62
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- updated internal libraries to latest versions
- updated to FBX 2020.3.1
- updated to FFmpeg 5.0.1
- updated to Visual Studio 2022 with all the latest compiler optimizations
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v2.61
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- Added MotionBuilder 2023 plugin
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v2.60
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- Added MotionBuilder 2022 plugin
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v2.59
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- lots of small bugfixes, prevention measures, optimizations and potential memory leaks based on static code analysis
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v2.58
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- improved compatibility with more audio devices
- updated internal libraries
- updated code signing certificate
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v2.57
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- internally now forces the use of desktop OpenGL drivers (which was the default on almost all machines anyway)
- overruling a QT_OPENGL environment setting that a user or other program may have set
- a QT_OpenGL setting of "angle" could prevent some GUI widgets from being drawn
- updated internal libraries
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v2.56
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- last message log file is now moved to a _old folder at startup so we always keep the current and previous log for debugging / crash reporting purposes
- updated 2D & 3D OpenGL windows and drawing internals to a more modern widget class
- updated to new compiler profiting from new optimizations
- updated a bunch of internal libraries to the latest versions
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v2.55
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- fixed an issue with "opencv_world430.dll" not loading on some machines in previous version
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v2.54
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- small update to Remote Triggering
- updated some of the internal libraries
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v2.53
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- fixed issue with crash report generation/upload
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v2.52
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- moved all licensing options to their own menu in the top menu bar
- added functionality to the top menu to remove license file (so you can install it on a different machine)
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v2.51
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- updated the GUI stylesheet
- added MotionBuilder 2020 plugin
- trial now records up to 10 seconds
- consolidated some cross application code
- added option to directly upload a crash report to the Brekel server
- added toggle option to Settings menu at the top for turning High DPI Scaling On/Off on next application start
- started digitally signing executable to help alleviate anti-virus false positives
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v2.50
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- added error message popup window when a file cannot be written to alert the user more vigorously
- internal changes to movie writer
- internally switched to a different library packaging system
- updated internal libraries to latest versions
- cleaned up dll files
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v2.49
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- Unreal Live Link enabled state wasn't saved/loaded between sessions, fixed now
- added MotionBuilder 2019 plugin
- rearranged MotionBuilder plugins page in the installer
- moved log and all other user settings file to Brekel folder in Documents folder
- to avoid clutter when using multiple Brekel apps on a machine
- updated to latest Qt and OpenCV libraries
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v2.48
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- fixed save/load of Finger Pose Tracking checkbox
- added a fix for a problem where on a small number of machines acquisition threads couldn't be stopped after a recording
- which could result in many additional frames
- which could appear as no animation being exported or with very weird timestamps
- changed video writer to an all new FFMPEG backend
- made some changes to the supported codecs
- most files export to an MP4 container now
- changed the preview movie output to H264 MP4 files
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v2.47
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- added functionality for live streaming into Unreal Engine4 using their "Live Link" protocol
- added example FBX file ("UnrealEngine4" folder in installation folder)
- added chapter to the documentation
- note: live streaming is not available in the free Trial version, simply request an evaluation version if you want to test this
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v2.46
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- timestamp in TCP/UDP stream sometimes wasn't accurate due to floating point precision
- the timestamp now rolls around every 1000 seconds to leave more room for decimal precision
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v2.45
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- added functionality to render preview to a movie file
- added NI-mate compatible modes to OSC live streaming
- NI mate Basic (positions vectors)
- NI mate Orientation (orientation quaternions)
- NI mate Basic + Orientation (positions vectors & orientation quaternions)
- should in theory work with their scripts for
- Blender (not tested)
- Cinema 4D (not tested)
- Maya (tested and working)
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v2.44
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- when network streaming (TCP/IP, UDP & OSC) and playing back data on the Preview tab it should now
stream the data from the last recording instead of live data
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v2.43
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- removed GUI widget to set Oculus Rift rendering, as it wasn't functional anymore anyway
- switched to latest FBX SDK
- added extra options for writing older FBX formats
- changed FBX file type naming to 2006-2018 naming convention, with internal file format (v6.1 - v7.5) in parentheses
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v2.42
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- Fixed cosmetic issue where Record Triggering would incorrectly set the Video tab's title
- maintenance release
- upgraded internal libraries for latest security and performance updates
- now compiled with visual studio 2017
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v2.41
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- fixed crash log files as some filetypes were giving issues with the new mail server
- when using "Record Triggering" the "Append Date/Time" is now respected when it's enabled on the Master
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v2.40
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- solved problem with smoothing filter where joint could potentially stay lost after disappearing
- updated internal libraries to latest version to take advantage of latest
- performance updates
- security updates
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v2.39
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- "Auto Filename" is now renamed to "Append Data/Time"
- it will now always respect the manually set filename
- and when turned ON simply append the date/time to it
- added logger window
- the info from the black console window is now displayed in a logging window in the GUI of the app
- logging info is also saved to a log file (in your My Documents folder)
- Added crash reporting feature
- when a crash is detected log files and debugging info is collected
- a zip file will be placed on your desktop
- and a dialog box will ask you to send this file by email so the cause can be debugged
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v2.38
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- added MotionBuilder 2018 plugins
- 2D and 3D openGL drawing should be a bit more efficient now
- increased size of font in black console window
- file browser windows now handle symbolic links correctly
- fixed a bug where camera could get too close to it's target
- updated libraries to latest versions
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v2.37
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- fixed a problem with "error loading aruco130.dll" on some machines (bug was only in v2.36)
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v2.36
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- added link to the Unity live streaming example script/scene to the help menu
- rotation filter wasn't always applied correctly, fixed now
- redrawing of some of the OpenGL widget should be a bit quicker now
- file browsers should now work with symbolic links
- prevented the 3D camera to dolly past it's near plane
- updated some of the internal libraries to latest versions
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v2.35
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- added timestamps to Brekel OSC packets
- license installer should now warn if no license key file was found in a zip archive
- "new version available" window now shows full changelog, not just the last change
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v2.34
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- added option to stream OSC (Open Sound Control) data out to other applications (see documentation on available OSC messages)
- including Synapse emulation mode for joint messages (works with apps like Kinectar)
- including OSCeleton emulation mode for joint messages (works with apps like Kinectar)
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v2.33
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- solved some audio related crashes on certain machines
- upgraded C++ 2015 redistributable installer to SP3 to avoid problems for fresh installs
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v2.32
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- option (from the top menu) to slowly flash the sensor's LEDs during recording
- added options (in sensor tab) for controlling auto or manual exposure of the color camera
- added internal options that try harder to maintain 30 fps mode for the color camera
- made compressed BPC files a little smaller
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v2.31
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- fixed multi threaded race condition in recording code
- fixed console font size for Win10 anniversary update
- small fix in FBX exporter for non-standard frame rates
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v2.30
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- better support for high DPI screens
- added support for for MotionBuilder 2017
- updated to Visual Studio 2015 & Qt 5.7
- discontinued Oculus Rift support (for now)
- 8-bit audio is no longer supported
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v2.29
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- audio waveform display now turns red if audio is clipped when volume is set too high
- added a slider for adjusting the audio recording volume
- added the option to play the audio from the selected input over the speakers
- body timestamps now are aligned across machines when using Multi Sensor
- added option to turn of audible beeps at recording start/stop
- small change to the MotionBuilder internals when switching between TCP/UDP
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v2.28
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- fixed possible crash at startup
- frame timestamps are measured more accurately now
- mouse-over tooltips are now opaque for better readability
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v2.27
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- fixed bug in MotionBuilder plugins for multi person tracking
- fixed minor bug for foot orientation and filtering for multi person tracking
- internal changes for Multi-Sensor alpha: https://brekel.com/multi-sensor
- some small change to update mechanism
- C++ redistributable libraries (vc_redist) are now installed in a different way
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v2.26
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- internal changes for Multi-Sensor alpha (coming soon for pointcloud recording)
- small modification on checking if update is available
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v2.25
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- "Colorize Bodies" for Depth got broken, fixed now
- "Clip Bodies" for PointCloud got broken, fixed now
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v2.24
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- each video recorder now does it's compression on a separate thread
- MJPEG codec red & blue channels are no longer swapped
- sensor transform is now correctly saved to the registry when running headless mode
- internal memory management speed optimizations
- more work done under the hood to support the upcoming Multi Sensor add-on
- updated audio dlls
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v2.23
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- moved Color & Point compression settings to the BPC groupbox under 3D Output Formats
- added a Video tab for recording the 2D views in AVI format
- select one or more of these video sources: InfraRed, Depth, BodyIDs, Color
- select from these codecs: XVID, MJPEG, X264, Lagarith, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, WMV, FLV, Ogg Vorbis
(note that this may be dependent on your machine's resources and installed codecs)
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v2.22
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- added Color & Point compression setting for BPC files
With compression enabled filesize reductions of 75% compared to Lossless can typically be achieved
Compared to older versions of the software this can even be 85-90%!
- installer now removes files of previous version first before installing
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v2.21
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- added option to render 3D viewport to an Oculus Rift Virtual Reality headset (tested with SDK 0.6.0.0)
- added option to menu to help with manual license installation
- a Network Triggered recording will now create a folder if it has to
- internal engine updates to support upcoming Multi Sensor Calibrator Alpha
- updated to Qt 5.5
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v2.20
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- fixed bug in smoothing code that could cause problems especially on fast machines
- removed "Synchronize Streams" toggle as it was buggy when switching at runtime on some machines
- added a "Viewport Settings" window under the top "Settings" dropdown menu
allowing to customize the viewport drawing and colors
- double clicking the main viewport now toggles it being fullscreen
can be disabled from the top "Settings" dropdown menu
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v2.19
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- CPU usage is now measured more accurately
- torso confidence calculated more accurately now
- added a headless mode
- allows running the application without a GUI
- in case you only want to stream data to other applications with minimal overhead
- in case you just want a machine to be a Record Triggering slave with minimal overhead
- see PDF documentation for commandline options
- fixed bug where Remote Trigger could fire record start signals for formats that were disabled
- if dropped frames are detected during recording this is now printed in the widget that lists recording length
- this could for example happen when:
- computer is too slow
- disk is too slow (especially when recording BPC pointcloud files)
- another program is interfering with the recording (for example overactive security software)
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v2.18
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- installer will now warn if not running Windows 8 / 8.1 / 10
- renamed the Unity script so it fits nicely in a project with a Pro Face v2 script
- added zipped Unity assets in case you don't want to use the UnityPackage
- for example when non-Unity users want to peek at the C# network code
- added plugin for MotionBuilder 2016
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v2.17
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- license installation is now done with elevated administrator privileges to avoid problems on certain machines
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v2.16
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- now provides some additional help when license extraction/copy fails
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v2.15
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- fingers are now added to the characterNode in recorded FBX files
- tips and documentation are now displayed in the statusbar when you mouse-over buttons/settings
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v2.14
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- removed CPU RDRAND check at startup as it may have been too restrictive
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v2.13
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- removed Sensor Mirror toggle as it wasn't working well
- fixed MotionBuilder plugin applying wrong sensor transformation after last update
- added additional check for CPU RDRAND support required for 2D face tracking (used for head twist)
- added option to turn Finger Pose Tracking OFF (defaults to relaxed pose then)
- minor updates to the documentation
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v2.12
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- added Unity3D example scripts and scenes (see Unity3D folder inside your installation)
- internal speedups for body and 2D face processing
- added joint confidence heuristics for more accurate values
- joint confidences are now drawn in a red->yellow->green gradient
- filtering settings on R finger poses were always default, fixed now
- when not drawing pointcloud CTRL+A (frame pointcloud) now frames the bodies instead (like CTRL+F)
- CPU SSE support is now checked at startup (needed for face tracking)
- body joint drawing in 2D views should be more stable now
- changed some things in the network protocol so it's easier to read from user's code
- updated MotionBuilder plugins with the new network protocol (user experience hasn't changed)
- added Network Streaming Protocol chapter to the documentation for those interested in writing their own software
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v2.11
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- face isTracked property now works properly
- skeleton boxes are now slightly colored by Body IDs
- when floor can't be detected this is now mentioned in the GUI on the Sensor tab
- compacted the GUI margins a bit
- increased speed for text drawing in 3D and 2D viewports
- removed 2D Face Tracking checkbox, this is now controlled internally (and ON by default)
- fixed a bug where FBX character offsets weren't initialized properly
- "Write Positions" is now automatically disabled for Biped and Poser/Daz BVH types
- added "Camera Follow" and "Body IDs" toggles to preview window
- preview window toggles now load/save correctly on startup/exit
- added "Blender" BVH type preset (same as Generic/HumanIK with Write Positions OFF)
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v2.10
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- added image with suggested sensor placment to GUI
- fixed bug with floor plane detection and automatic sensor alignment
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v2.09
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- added "Rotation Filter" control in the output formats tab for selecting "None", "Unroll" or "Gimbal Killer" (used to always be Unroll)
this applies a filter on rotation animation curves to prevent euler gimble flips
- added "Constant Key Reducer" control in the output formats tab, used to be always ON
this applies a filter on all animation curves to remove static values
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v2.08
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- fixed bug that could cause keyframe to be placed on negative frame
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v2.07
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- fixed bug with audio devices not being recognized on some systems
- fixed bug where "Preview after record" didn't work anymore
- fixed bug where preview timeline didn't change to the length of the clip
- updated to Qt 5.4
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v2.06
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- small change to updating mechanism
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v2.05
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- fixed MotionBuilder crash on recording start
- added the option to inverse "Clip Bodies" (same checkbox now has 3 states)
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v2.04
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- fixed startup crash when no license found
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v2.03
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- FBX files now contain a Character Node for the Kinect skeletons for very easy retargeting setups
- added Lower Body Only tracking mode, with the ability to set the legs in a fixed Standing or Sitting pose
- added a number of bodies seen readout to the GUI
- using slightly faster math to calculate depth and IR greyscales
- hand state detection should be a bit jittery as it now uses a bigger buffer internally
- custom sensor position/rotation is now correctly loaded & applied at startup
- camera auto follow speed is a bit quicker now
- forced some additional Unicode compiler settings to help with foreign language Windows versions
- changed font on drawing options so it fits on smaller window sizes
- unique sensor hardware ID is now printed to console
- horizontal, vertical and diagonal field of views are now printed to console
- added toggle to draw body IDs in the 3D viewport
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v2.02
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- upperlegs solve more stable now during squat and sitting motions
- MotionBuilder plugin wasn't properly clearing animation of confidences, 2D face tracking etc when recording over an existing take
- MotionBuilder is set to stream 1 skeleton it now automatically picks the closest one to the sensor
- cleaned up console output for TXT file exporter
- many options (output formats, networking etc) now display information in the tool section title bar
- joint confidences are now also smoothed just like the joint transforms
- changed recording memory management to possibly help for really long recordings
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v2.01
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- changed the roll calculation algorithm for the legs
should be more stable in general especially when walking towards the sensor
- added Upper Leg Roll Sensitivity control
- added Lower Leg Roll Sensitivity control
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v2.00
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- includes PDF documentation (link in start menu)
- sometimes a body could initialize wrongly resulting in missing arms, should be more robust now
- fixed a bug concerning smoothing filtering for multi person tracking
- added an option in the top menu toggle warning for deleting a preview take
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v0.62
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- fixed legs not always being correct in previews, especially in sitting poses
- fixed bones disappearing in 2D views when 2D Face drawing was enabled
- added toggles for drawing in preview window
- application now starts with output format controls selected
- timeMode in FBX file is now set correctly for known framerates
- FBX reference now has a scale of 1 (scale difference is baked into joint data)
- installer should now autodetect if latest drivers/SDK need to be downloaded and installed (and tick the box if needed)
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v0.61
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- fixed FBX first frame (introduced in last version)
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v0.60
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- compiled against the latest official release version of the drivers/SDK
- SDK version now detects latest official release version of the SDK/drivers
- added Camera Follow toggle to make the camera automatically keep any visible bodies in frame
- implemented Preview tab, for quick replay of the last take after recording
- fixed crash in TXT exporter
- built in check to prevent NaN (Not a Number) values during file export
this could potentially corrupt BVH files for certain importers
- T-pose & default pos/rot now falls back to previous recording or sensible defaults when a bodypart wasn't seen during the take
- leg roll should be more stable now even if feet are jittery
- foot length is now kept fixed
- a recording can now be stopped when the start delay countdown is still running
- removed Re-Tpose button in MotionBuilder plugin since it didn't work properly in all versions
- added Help/About
- network streaming is now turned ON by default
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v0.59
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- implemented BVH recorder
- added neck joint (needed for some BVH importers/retargeters)
- FBX now applies a Constant Key Reducer filter to reduce filesize
- FBX now exports additional data as custom properties on hips, things like:
tracking state, hand pose detection, lean, 2D face tracking states etc
- TXT & CSV now save the exact same data as FBX (including resampling & T-pose)
- TXT & CSV now save 2D face tracking data
- MoBu plugin now uses the same joint orientations as the recorded formats
- MoBu plugin no longer disables buttons to create character nodes then Live is disabled
So the following workflow now can be done:
- record a clip with T-pose
- disable Live
- scrub to T-pose frame
- hit button to create character node(s)
- enable Live
- MoBu plugin fixed some bugs regarding character node creation
- MoBu plugin when recreating character nodes it now disables retargeting on characters that use Kinect as input as this can crash MoBu
- T-pose is now more accurate now
- removed support for writing global coordinates for TXT/CSV
- removed finger poses for unknown state, as it would only make things jitter
- removed coordinate system selection for smoothing as it was buggy
- upperleg boxes draw correctly again
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v0.58
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- internal changes to skeleton solver
- more stability for orientations
- tuned for minimal amount of euler gimbal problems for export
- internal changes to export engine (with the eye on better BVH/TXT/CSV support in future beta versions)
- added option to resample the output framerate (sensor operates natively at 30fps)
- added option to export a T-pose on the first frame (capturing one instead of relying on a mathematically generated one is usually better for retargeting though)
- default position/rotation in FBX file now uses T-pose
- FBX should comply better with Unity Mecanim bacause of new default pos/rot
- upperarm roll should be a lot more stable now
- collar bone orientation should be correct now
- roll smoothing strength now also applies to legs
- FBX now sets quaternion interpolation ON
- FBX format can now be set to v6 and v7 both in ascii and binary flavours
- FBX reference node no longer has Y rotation set to 180, now baked into skeleton itself
- changed default finger poses in GUI a bit so they appear less jittery when state is unsure
- removed support for Microsoft orientation solver
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v0.57
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- FBX files: are now more accurate, especially for the lower body when bending over
- FBX files: Unity's Mecanim should now be able to correctly identify the skeleton (first frame is used for initialization)
- FBX files: should now start at frame 0 and not on a small negative value
- FBX files: renamed "Foot_end" to "Toes"
- FBX files: now properly store the time units as 30 fps
- FBX files: now properly store the space units as meters
- FBX files: now properly store the coordinate system as Yup and Right Handed
- floor compensation should be more accurate for all output formats (in case sensor is not mounted perfectly horizontal)
- 3D viewport now correctly uses the saved sensor transform when "Auto Align" is turned OFF at startup
- Recording button now changes color after stopping a recording to indicate how long writing files to disk takes
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v0.56
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- MotionBuilder plugins (2009-2015) added
internal testing done on 2015 only, please report issues with other versions!
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v0.55
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- docking windows can now be nested
- fixed a crash when toggling Synchronize Streams
- 2D Face tracker wasn't being initialized when Synchronize Streams was selected
- TXT & CSV file formats can now save local coordinates or global coordinates)
- TXT & CSV order of joint in the header description was incorrect, fixed now
- feedback to user when no license is found is a bit more clear now
- updated to Qt 5.3.2
- updated to latest Kinect for Windows v2 SDK v1409
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v0.54
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- did a fix to prevent the collar bones from not initializing properly sometimes
- only bodies that were tracked for at least 5 frames are exported now (to prevent ghosts)
- implemented CSV recorder
- added beeps for recording start/stop
- added beeps for countdown when using start delay
- Record Triggering should now work
can sync recording & filename between all other Brekel Pro applications
- added BPC compression option to reduce filesize a bit
- at the cost of lower quality 3D point information
- quality difference is visualized in the live viewport
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v0.53
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- now automatically checks if you're using the latest drivers/SDK
- forearm and hand joint confidences are now lowered if hand is closed (since roll becomes less stable)
- head joint confidence is now lowered if face is not tracked (since twist can then not be calculated)
- lowered default filtering strength a bit
- added skeleton roll smoothing strength setting to GUI
- added roll settings reset button to GUI
- face twist is now integrated better with joint filtering
- added link to "Kinect v2 Configuration Verifier" to the help menu
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v0.52
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- added option to utilize 2D Face Tracker to drive twist for head joint (looking left/right)
- added the ability to draw 2D face bounding box and points in the IR/Depth/Color windows
- face detection results are now active in spreadsheet window
- lots of changes under the hood for future expansion
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v0.51
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- installer now includes some missing dll files
- several fixes in BPC exporter
- increased timout while looking for sensor at startup a bit
- more descriptive window title, including expiration date
- icon now contains multiple resolutions so it's nicely anti-aliased on smaller sizes
- low fps warning doesn't pop up immediately now, waits for more slow frames in a row
- implemented network streaming (no MotionBuilder/Unity or other plugins available yet though)
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v0.50
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- initial public beta release
