OptiTrack Bolsters Portfolio of Motion Tracking Solutions with New VersaX Outdoor Motion Capture Cameras

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OptiTrack Bolsters Portfolio of Motion Tracking Solutions with New VersaX Outdoor Motion Capture Cameras

2025-04-01 00:00 Last Updated At：00:31

CORVALLIS, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 31, 2025--

Today, OptiTrack, the worldwide leader in 3D tracking systems, is bringing high-precision motion tracking outside with the release of the Versa X line of motion capture (mocap) cameras. The new family of weather-ready IP-66 rated cameras expands OptiTrack’s portfolio of leading-edge mocap cameras, presenting customers with mocap cameras that not only protect against weather, but also feature a robust design to protect against dust, making Versa X cameras ideal for manufacturing and other rugged settings.

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OptiTrack announces line of outdoor motion capture cameras with IP-66 rating, making motion capture possible in more environments than ever before

The Versa X family of cameras supports unrivaled customization. Multiple mounting solutions provide ease in any setup including factories, laboratories and other difficult environments. Versa X also offers user changeable lenses with wide or narrow field of view lens options. To enhance performance further, Versa X provides users with an attachable and detachable ring light and for added outdoor or harsh manufacturing protection, an environmental cover is also available.

“The Versa X series of outdoor cameras introduces OptiTrack’s most adaptable camera and addresses a need in today’s market for more modular, rugged and portable motion capture solutions that are tailored to manufacturing and controlled environments,” said OptiTrack Executive Vice President Stephanie Hines. “Our newest cameras reinforce OptiTrack’s reputation of tracking movement with unprecedented precision, now making the highest quality motion capture possible in more environments than ever before.”

The latest additions to OptiTrack’s portfolio of motion tracking solutions include the Versa X 22 (2.2 megapixels), Versa X 41 (4 megapixels) and Versa X 120 (12 megapixels), providing customers with IP-66 rated versions of the company’s premium Prime X 22, Prime X 41 and Prime X 120 mocap cameras that feature the ultimate combination of industry-leading range and precision.

Each Versa X camera operates with OptiTrack’s Motive motion capture software, enabling customers to track and capture the motion of small retroreflective markers and collect real-time motion data with industry-leading precision. With Versa X ’s durable, modular design, customers also benefit from simple and efficient transport and reconfiguration. This allows users to extend usability across a broad set of projects without additional purchases and helps ensure longevity even with frequent handling without sacrificing quality.

The announcement of Versa X follows OptiTrack’s recent Corvallis, Ore. headquarters and manufacturing expansion. In Fall 2024, OptiTrack unveiled a new 25,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, doubling its production capacity to better meet global demand for high quality 3D tracking solutions. Designed and manufactured in Corvallis, Versa X cameras meet the 3D tracking system leader’s highest benchmarks for durability, precision and performance. The cameras also meet the requirements of the Trade Agreement Act (TAA).

The new Versa X outdoor mocap cameras are available now. For more information, visit www.optitrack.com/cameras.

About OptiTrack

OptiTrack is the worldwide leader in 3D tracking systems through its 3D precision, low latency output, easy to use workflows, as well as a host of developer tools. Serving primary markets in drone and ground robot tracking, movement sciences, virtual production and character animation for film and games as well as virtual reality or mixed reality tracking, OptiTrack remains the most widely used tracking solution and is the favorite of world leading academia research and professional teams whose requirements are the most demanding in the world.

Hennepin County prosecutor calls on the public to share Renee Good shooting evidence with her office

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty on Friday called on members of the public to send any video or other evidence in the fatal shooting of Renee Good directly to her office, challenging the Trump administration's decision to leave the investigation solely to the FBI.

Moriarty said that although her office has collaborated effectively with the FBI in past cases, she is concerned by the Trump administration's decision to bar state and local agencies from playing any role in the investigation into Wednesday's killing of Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis.

She also said that despite the Trump administration’s insistence that the officer who shot Good has complete legal immunity, that isn’t the case.

“We do have jurisdiction to make this decision with what happened in this case,” she said at a news conference. “It does not matter that it was a federal law enforcement agent.”

Moriarty said her office would post a link for the public to submit footage of the shooting, even though she acknowledged that she wasn't sure what legal outcome submissions might produce.

The prosecutor's announcement came on a third day of Minneapolis protests over Good's killing and a day after federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon.

Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement to Minnesota Public Radio on Friday saying, “kindness radiated out of her.”

"On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns," Becca Good said.

“I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him,” she wrote. “That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way.”

The reaction to the Good's shooting was immediate in the city where police killed George Floyd in 2020, with hundreds of protesters converging on the shooting scene and the school district canceling classes for the rest of the week as a precaution.

On Thursday night, hundreds marched in freezing rain down one of Minneapolis’ major thoroughfares, chanting “ICE out now!” and holding signs saying, “Killer ice off our streets." And on Friday, protesters were out again demonstrating outside of a federal facility that is serving as a hub for the immigration crackdown that began Tuesday in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Authorities erected barricades outside the facility Friday.

City workers, meanwhile, removed makeshift barricades made of old Christmas trees and other debris that had been blocking the streets near the scene of Good's shooting. Officials said they would leave up a shrine to the 37-year-old mother of three.

The Portland shootings happened outside a hospital Thursday afternoon. Federal immigration officers shot and wounded a man and woman, identified by the Department of Homeland Security as Venezuela nationals Luis David Nico Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, who were inside a vehicle, and their conditions weren't immediately known. The FBI and the Oregon Department of Justice were investigating.

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson and the city council called on ICE to end all operations in the city until a full investigation is completed. Hundreds protested Thursday night at a local ICE building. Early Friday, Portland police reported that officers had arrested several protesters after asking the to get out of a street to allow traffic to flow.

Just as it did following Good's shooting, DHS defended the actions of the officers in Portland, saying it occurred after a Venezuelan man with alleged gang ties and who was involved in a recent shooting tried to “weaponize” his vehicle to hit the officers. It wasn't immediately clear if the shootings were captured on video, as Good's was.

The Minneapolis shooting happened on the second day of the immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities, which Homeland Security said is the biggest immigration enforcement operation ever. More than 2,000 officers are taking part and Noem said they have made more than 1,500 arrests.

The government is also shifting immigration officers to Minneapolis from sweeps in Louisiana, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. This represents a pivot, as the Louisiana crackdown that began in December had been expected to last into February.

Good's death — at least the fifth tied to immigration sweeps since Trump took office — has resonated far beyond Minneapolis, as protests happening in other places, including Texas, California, Detroit and Missouri.

In Washington, D.C., on Thursday, a woman held a sign that said, “Stop Trump’s Gestapo,” as hundreds of people marched to the White House. Protesters in Pflugerville, Texas, north of Austin, banged on the walls of an ICE facility. And a man in Los Angeles burned an American flag in front of federal detention center.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, President Donald Trump and others in his administration have repeatedly characterized the Minneapolis shooting as an act of self-defense and cast Good as a villain, suggesting she used her vehicle as a weapon to attack the officer who shot her.

But state and local officials and protesters rejected that characterization, with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey saying videos show the self-defense argument is “garbage.”

Several bystanders captured footage of Good's killing, which happened in a neighborhood south of downtown.

The recordings show an officer approaching an SUV stopped across the middle of the road, demanding the driver open the door and grabbing the handle. The Honda Pilot begins to pull forward and a different ICE officer standing in front of it pulls his weapon and immediately fires at least two shots at close range, jumping back as the vehicle moves toward him.

It is not clear from the videos if the vehicle makes contact with the officer, and there is no indication of whether the woman had interactions with agents earlier. After the shooting, the SUV speeds into two cars parked on a curb before crashing to a stop.

The federal agent who fatally shot Good is an Iraq War veteran who has served for nearly two decades in the Border Patrol and ICE, according to records obtained by AP.

Noem has not publicly named him, but a Homeland Security spokesperson said her description of his injuries last summer refers to an incident in Bloomington, Minnesota, in which court documents identify him as Jonathan Ross.

Ross got his arm stuck in the window of a vehicle whose driver was fleeing arrest on an immigration violation. Ross was dragged and fired his Taser. A jury found the driver guilty of assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon.

Attempts to reach Ross, 43, at phone numbers and email addresses associated with him were not successful.

Associated Press reporters Steve Karnowski and Mark Vancleave in Minneapolis; Ed White in Detroit; Valerie Gonzalez in Brownsville, Texas; Graham Lee Brewer in Norman, Oklahoma; Michael Biesecker in Washington; Jim Mustian and Safiyah Riddle in New York; Ryan Foley in Iowa City, Iowa; and Hallie Golden in Seattle contributed to this report.