Motion Analysis Acquires MusculoGraphics
July 18, 2000.
Motion Analysis Corporation has acquired MusculoGraphics, Inc. Motion Analysis,
headquartered in Santa Rosa, CA, is the
leading provider of optical motion capture systems for
entertainment, medicine, sports, and research, with over
600 systems installed worldwide.
We are excited about the acquisition because it will
allow us to provide even better solutions for biomechanical
modeling and movement analysis. We are currently working
to integrate SIMM with Motion Analysis' suite of software
tools, so that a real-time, SIMM-based biomechanical
analysis of motion capture data will be a seamless option
for MAC users. Please visit MAC's website for more details
on this new development, as well as the rest of their
product offerings: http://www.motionanalysis.com
"The integration of SIMM into Motion Analysis' suite of
mocap tools is a significant development for animators
because it allows them to more easily create realistic motions,"
said Tom Whitaker, President and CEO of Motion Analysis.
"The key to this benefit is SIMM's anatomically accurate
full-body model. Because this model has realistic kinematic
models of each joint, including range-of-motion information,
it can filter out noise and assure clean, accurate data.
This full-body model will soon be integrated into Mocap
Solver so that a complete, accurate model will be ready
to use for any Mocap Solver application."
"3D computer display combined with real time motion capture is
revolutionizing biomechanics research, sports performance
analysis, physical medicine and biofeedback," said Scott Delp, CEO of
MusculoGraphics. "With the joining of Motion Analysis Corporation and
MusculoGraphics, Inc., physicians and clinicians can now observe in real time the
biomechanics of human function."
In addition to integrating SIMM into the Motion Analysis software
suite, we will also continue to develop and support SIMM as a
stand-alone software package, so that everyone can benefit
from its powerful modeling, analysis, and animation
capabilities. We are continually improving and extending
SIMM and the Dynamics Pipeline to make musculoskeletal
modeling more comprehensive and efficient.
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