Can VR be used for motion capture?

[Mystic Monkey]

Almost all VR games do live-motion capture for it's players.. at least from the belt up.
I was wondering if it's possible if I could use my Oculus Rift to save time in animating. Especially if, like VRchat, the trigger and grip buttons can be used for hand gestures.

[EmperorFaiz.wav]

Obviously, SFM doesn't have VR motion capture feature but you can use program that could do that, record the motion data, and somehow export it as DMX animation file.

[Mystic Monkey]

I know there are some who can use XBox 360 Kinect for motion capture, though they need two third-party software and such and it's not always a clean import.

I was wondering if there was something along the line for VR headsets and such.

[episoder]

sine you know vrchat, i'm sure you know that the htc vive allows more trackers, for upto 6-point full body capture. and you know this works on ik-rigged characters only.

you could apply this same setup to record the motion for any software. i'm not aware of any plugins for the common modelling/animation softwares out there tho.

[Mystic Monkey]

I know XBox Kinect can also be used as a tracker for VRChat... although can only record from it's designated direction. Still a cheaper alternative than foot trackers.