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What is the Meaning of IMU or Inertial Measurement Unit?

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Recently updated on May 26th, 2021 at 10:20 pm

What is the meaning of IMU? IMU stands for Inertial Measurement Unit. This is the main component in the inertial navigation systems which are used in aircraft, watercraft, spacecraft and even guided missiles. Now, the usage has been extended to other consumer applications such as motion capture system, gaming, VFX, screen rotation, gesture recognition and navigation. In a virtual reality system, sometimes it will be used inside the controller to perform the motion tracking, sensing and capturing capabilities. For example, the Sixense STEM VR motion controller.

What is the Meaning of IMU or Inertial Measurement Unit?

PERCEPTION NEURON Motion Capture System for Lightweight VR Body Suit

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Recently updated on December 28th, 2019 at 12:33 pm

Currently, the cost to have a complete motion capture or mocap system is quite high for the normal consumer such as students, hobbyists, freelancers and small or start-up studios. Most probably, they can’t afford it and might end up renting it for many times. Anyway, this latest Kickstarter project called “PERCEPTION NEURON” might be able to change that and give new hope to them.

Dr Tristan RL Dai the CTO of Noitom
Dr. Tristan, R.L. Dai, the CTO and Co-Founder of Noitom, talked about PERCEPTION NEURON.

PERCEPTION NEURON Motion Capture System for Lightweight VR Body Suit