The society hosts "meet and greet" events during annual conferences such as Siggraph and GDC.
Current events:
The 2008 MCS SIGGRAPH party
SPONSORED BY: (in alphabetical order)
NATURALPOINT, MOVEN ,PHASESPACE and VICON
Location : The Redwood Bar and Grill
316 W. 2nd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: 213.680.2600
Time : 7-10 pm
Date: Wednesday August 13th (siggraph week)
The Redwood is an institution in Los Angeles and being voted as one of the best bars in L.A. is no small feat.
This event will feature:
A live DJ, projected entertainment and realtime motion capture provided by Phasespace and Moven.
This event is FREE to members and is limited to 150 people (at this time), so RSVP early to make sure you get in.
MCS Members get two free drinks, free appetizers and one raffle ticket.
There will be door prizes and other goodies given away.
The highlight of the party will be a raffle of an 8 camera optical MX40 capture system from VICON.
(worth over 80,000 dollars!!!!)
Members who attend the party automatically get one free raffle ticket.
Additional raffle tickets can be purchased for 100 dollars each - the raffle is open to members and non-members alike. You do not have to be present to win.
Non-members are welcome but must pay 20 dollars to gain entry and do not get a raffle ticket or free drinks.
if you arent a paying member of the MCS...join today!
The members of the board of directors of the MCS and employees of competitors are not eligible to win the raffle.
The prize can be collected in October of 2008, from House of Moves.
Join!
the society wishes to thank Jim from NaturalPoint, Brian and Robin from Vicon, Tracy from Phasespace, And Ferry from Moven for all their help in making this party a reality and for supporting the motion capture community at large
RSVP to info@motioncapturesociety.com
....spread the word.
Past events:
June 26th, 2008 - VES/MCS: Performance Capture Technology Used For Animation
June 7th, 2008 - BBQ/Games/Birthday - Culver, CA
May 10th, 2008 - Bar Crawl - Santa Monica, CA
March 26, 2008 - Nanobyte, Soho, London.
February 21, 2008 - GDC - San Francisco
Do you have photos of this event? - please email al at mocap dot ca.
