Win a Gypsy-6 mocap system worth $38,000

To celebrate issue 100 of 3D World, we’ve teamed up with award-winning motion-capture specialist Animazoo, to give you the chance to win a Gypsy-6 mocap system, plus software and training – together worth a mouth-watering $38,000.

Enabling you to record full-body movement in a form that can be imported into your favourite 3D software, the Gypsy-6 is ideal for anyone creating character animation, from VFX professionals to games developers, film-makers and architects.

At only 6kg in weight, the system is highly portable. This portability, together with the accuracy of the raw data output, makes it ideal for on-location capture. The system can be used in any environment and doesn’t suffer from magnetic interference.

The Gypsy-6 is really quick and easy to set up: a beginner can be up and running in as little as 30 minutes. However, to make sure they get the most out of the prize, the winner will also receive two days of free training at the Animazoo studio in Brighton, UK.

And to complement the Gypsy-6, Autodesk is offering a copy of its MotionBuilder software to the winner. MotionBuilder 7.5 is the foremost productivity suite for 3D character animation. Animazoo also provides drivers to link MotionBuilder with the Gypsy-6.

THE PRIZE
The Animazoo prize bundle includes one Gypsy-6 system (with one year’s parts and labour warranty, free software upgrades and free phone and email support) and one copy of Autodesk MotionBuilder and all necessary drivers, together worth $35,500; plus two days of training at Animazoo’s studio in
Brighton, UK, worth $2,500.

Please note that the prize does not include travel to or accommodation in Brighton.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
By entering this contest, you warrant that you have read and agree to be bound by Future Publishing‘s standard terms and conditions (click here to read the standard T&Cs) plus the following specific terms and conditions:

1. Employees of Future Publishing, Animazoo UK Ltd, or any person directly connected with the contest, or their immediate family, will be ineligible to enter.

2. By entering this contest, you warrant that the entry you submit is created by you and is not derived in part or in whole from any other material.

3. By entering this contest, you grant Future Publishing and Animazoo UK Ltd a non-exclusive worldwide licence to reprint your entry as part of their promotional materials.

4. Non-UK residents are eligible to enter this contest. However, travel to and accommodation in Brighton are not included as part of the prize. In order to claim the two days training included in the prize package, the winner must be physically present at Animazoo‘s Brighton studio.

5. The winner has six months, from the date of notification of their winning entry, to agree a mutually acceptable date with Animazoo for the two days of training. If no date can be agreed in this time, Animazoo may withdraw this part of the prize package.

6. If a winning entrant can not be contacted by email within three weeks due to any reason beyond the control of Future Publishing or Animazoo UK Ltd, an alternative will be selected.

HOW TO ENTER
We want to make sure the prize is put to good use, so we’d like you to tell us what you’d do with the suit if you won. Send us a pitch for a project requiring motion capture in 200 words or less, along with one supporting image of your idea (this should be no more than 5MB in size).

The sender of the entry the judges deem to be best and most original will win the complete prize. The closing date for entries is 7 April 2008.

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