NVIDIA's open-source research model that generates 3D character animation from text prompts plus keyframe poses, hand and foot targets, paths and waypoints. You run it locally with Python on an NVIDIA GPU and export BVH for SOMA skeletons.

NVIDIA Kimodo homepage screenshot — NVIDIA Kimodo homepage, captured Oct 19, 2026

Features

Text prompts to 3D skeletal motion, up to 10 seconds per prompt
Constraints: full-body keyframes, hand and foot targets, 2D paths and waypoints
Local browser demo with a timeline editor
BVH export for SOMA skeletons, plus NPZ, AMASS NPZ and MuJoCo CSV

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Cascadeur

Physics-based character animation + AI posing

Free planFrom $19/moDetails

Natural keyframe character animation with physics help

3D character animation software with AI help: set a few keyframes, and AutoPosing completes natural poses, Inbetweening fills the motion, and AutoPhysics adds inertia. Good for believable runs, jumps and combat moves without a mocap setup.

AutoPosing from fewer control points
AI inbetweening between keyframes
AutoPhysics and ragdoll simulation
Quick rigging, including quadrupeds

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Free tier

Full toolset, .casc export only, non-commercial

Paid plans

Indie $19/mo ($8/mo yearly)
Pro $49/mo ($33/mo yearly)
Teams $49/user/mo ($33/user/mo yearly)

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DeepMotion Animate 3D

Video to 3D motion capture

Free planFrom $15/moDetails

Turning a phone video into 3D character animation

Browser-based AI motion capture. Upload a video from any device, pick a character (your FBX, GLB or VRM, or a default), and it retargets the motion onto it. Good for game mocap without suits, with face and hand tracking and FBX, BVH, GLB or MP4 export.

Video to 3D animation in the browser
Tracks up to 8 people per video
Face and hand tracking, foot locking
Rotoscope Pose Editor for corrections

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Free tier

Freemium, up to 60 seconds of animation/mo, no card; personal non-commercial

Paid plans

Starter $15/mo ($9/mo annual)
Innovator $48/mo ($17/mo annual)
Professional $117/mo ($39/mo annual)
Studio $300/mo ($83/mo annual)

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Plask

AI motion capture from video

Free planFrom $18/moDetails

Free-to-start video mocap for Blender and Unreal workflows

Turns video footage into 3D character animation: upload a clip, apply the motion to your own character, and edit the scene before rendering or exporting FBX, BVH or GLB. Good for indie animators; Plask Live streams motion into Blender and Unreal.

Video to 3D body motion
Apply motion to your own character
FBX, BVH and GLB export
Plask Live for Blender and Unreal

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Free tier

Freemium, 15 seconds/day, 1 GB storage, FBX/GLB/BVH export

Paid plans

Standard $18/mo billed annually
Pro $50/mo billed annually

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Rokoko Vision

AI video-to-mocap (Rokoko Create)

Free planFrom $10/moDetails

Single-camera mocap that you clean up in Rokoko Studio

AI motion capture from a single video, no suit or markers. Upload footage to Rokoko Create, refine it in Rokoko Studio, and export FBX or BVH for your engine. Good for quick game character motion without mocap hardware; version 3.0 has a rebuilt solver.

Single-video AI mocap, no suit
Editing in Rokoko Studio
FBX and BVH export
Part of Rokoko Create, with text-to-motion

Full details Read the guide

Free tier

Starter free forever, 30s Vision AI video processing/mo

Paid plans

Basic $10/mo annual ($12 monthly)
Plus $20/mo annual ($28 monthly)
Pro $50/mo annual ($70 monthly)
Enterprise from $100/mo annual

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Features

More animation & mocap

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RRokoko Vision

Cascadeur

DeepMotion Animate 3D

Plask

Rokoko Vision