I went body-in with Sony’s new mocopi Professional movement seize system with 12 factors of physique monitoring at GDC 2025.
The mocopi Professional system from Sony goals to raise its physique monitoring system past the six factors of the bottom system by including six extra. It integrates with Sony’s XYN Movement Studio, a movement seize pipeline supposed for each skilled manufacturing and VTubers.
Sony Mocopi VRChat Physique Monitoring Equipment For Now Works On PC
Sony’s Mocopi physique monitoring system for VRChat now works on PC. Right here’s how:
That stated, the opposite attention-grabbing use case for mocopi Professional is full physique monitoring for VR. VRChat and Resonite customers who wish to spend extraordinary quantities of time in VR wish to convey their full our bodies in with the very best attainable constancy, and so I suited up and put the system to the check at GDC.
For readers who could be unaware of what Sony’s mocopi system is or does, these sensors connect to straps on the physique to trace actions in supported functions or video games utilizing the mocopi VR app on Steam, or to be used with the XYN Movement Studio software program and headset answer Sony not too long ago revealed at CES 2025.
Introduced in 2022 and launched in 2023, Sony’s mocopi sensors initially required a smartphone to function with SteamVR. In a latest main replace, the need for the smartphone was eradicated, permitting you to attach the trackers on to a PC for full physique monitoring in suitable video games and functions.
Mocopi is each modular and expandable. For newcomers desirous to expertise full physique monitoring in functions like VRChat, the “VR Equipment” priced at round $560 is their place to begin for a direct PC connection.
This method provides six sensors, offering full-body monitoring, which Sony says must be “good-enough” for many customers, at the least in accordance with the consultant on the demo session I attended. There’s an add-on package accessible for people who purchased the unique mocopi system meant to attach by means of cellular units priced round $730. Going from six to 12 potential monitoring factors ought to permit for higher accuracy and extra exact translation of physique positions.
Testing The mocopi Sensors
In the course of the hands-on demonstration, different contributors opted for making easy motions comparable to waving their arms round or strolling a number of steps throughout the room. However I needed to check the system extra totally.
Calibration and first check
I tried military crawling, bounce kicks, and even pretended to be a quarterback scrambling within the pocket attempting to land the proper landing go.
Recalibration on account of tracker motion
I noticed the monitoring system sometimes slip out of place throughout this aggressive testing. If the strap slips misplaced in any method on my physique, it appeared sufficient to confuse the system and set off the necessity for a recalibration. That is a fast course of, however one which could possibly be annoying when you needed to do it a number of instances throughout a play session. I think that for high-intensity actions, mocopi Professional may want a extra sturdy harnessing system to make sure dependable monitoring.
Total, although, I used to be impressed testing mocopi Professional, and it appeared to have strong efficiency to my eyes. After all, incorporating Sony’s software program ecosystem into the workflow of an expert can be a completely totally different query.
Excessive-intensity testing.
After the demonstration, Sony offered us with a mocopi Professional overview package that I’ve despatched off to our Editor-in-Chief, Ian Hamilton for additional analysis. Keep watch over UploadVR.com for Ian’s upcoming insights on how the mocopi Professional performs in his dwelling.
We additionally talked about my expertise with this method on our weekly VR Gamescast so when you missed it, you’ll be able to see the replay right here:
