<s>
The	O
question	O
of	O
gesture	O
and	O
motion	O
takes	O
more	O
and	O
more	O
importance	O
with	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
gesture	B-General_Concept
controllers	I-General_Concept
,	O
haptic	B-Device
systems	O
,	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
systems	O
,	O
etc.	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
one	O
hand	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
the	O
need	O
of	O
allowing	O
virtual	B-Application
reality	I-Application
systems	O
to	O
inter-communicate	O
through	O
control	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motion	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
gesture	I-General_Concept
file	I-General_Concept
formats	I-General_Concept
are	O
widely	O
used	O
today	O
in	O
many	O
applications	O
that	O
deal	O
with	O
motion	O
and	O
gesture	O
signal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
case	O
in	O
domains	O
like	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
,	O
character	O
animation	O
,	O
gesture	O
analysis	O
,	O
biomechanics	O
,	O
musical	O
gesture	B-General_Concept
interfaces	I-General_Concept
,	O
virtual	O
surgery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BVH	O
stands	O
for	O
Biovision	O
Hierarchical	O
Data	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
company	O
called	O
Biovision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
file	O
format	O
allows	O
renaming	O
the	O
segments	O
of	O
a	O
BVH	O
file	O
to	O
match	O
the	O
convention	O
used	O
in	O
Autodesk	O
3D	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Max	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
file	O
format	O
also	O
allows	O
renaming	O
the	O
markers	O
of	O
a	O
CSM	O
file	O
to	O
match	O
the	O
convention	O
used	O
in	O
Autodesk	O
3D	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Max	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
name	O
defined	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
is	O
associated	O
to	O
the	O
predefined	O
label	O
expected	O
by	O
Character	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MBX	O
format	O
is	O
a	O
binary	O
hierarchical	O
skeletal	O
format	O
that	O
is	O
exclusive	O
to	O
the	O
Noitom	O
Perception	O
Neuron	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MVNX	O
format	O
is	O
a	O
human-readable	O
open	O
XML	O
based	O
format	O
for	O
storing	O
Xsens	O
MVN	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adaptative	O
Optics	O
is	O
a	O
company	O
dedicated	O
to	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
hardware	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
format	O
simply	O
describes	O
the	O
captors	O
and	O
their	O
position	O
at	O
each	O
sampling	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
entered	O
in	O
the	O
public	O
domain	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
used	O
by	O
Oxford	O
Metrics	O
(	O
Vicon	O
Motion	B-Application
Capture	I-Application
Systems	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
file	O
containing	O
the	O
skeleton	O
description	O
in	O
the	O
ASF	O
file	O
(	O
Acclaim	O
Skeleton	O
File	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
file	O
containing	O
the	O
movement	O
data	O
is	O
the	O
AMC	O
file	O
(	O
Acclaim	O
Motion	B-Application
Capture	I-Application
data	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
format	O
is	O
uniquely	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
system	O
Ascension	O
Technology	O
“	O
Flock	O
of	O
Birds	O
”	O
developed	O
by	O
LambSoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allowed	O
stocking	O
the	O
data	O
coming	O
from	O
a	O
magnetic	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GRC	O
file	O
format	O
is	O
file	O
format	O
to	O
store	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
data	O
from	O
Synertial	O
mocap	B-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GRC	O
file	O
format	O
data	O
are	O
compatible	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
exported	O
into	O
BVH	O
and	O
FBX	B-Application
file	O
formats	O
using	O
Synertial	O
software	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
contains	O
not	O
only	O
the	O
raw	O
data	O
from	O
the	O
full	O
body	O
motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
system	O
they	O
developed	O
but	O
also	O
the	O
output	O
data	O
coming	O
from	O
their	O
face	O
tracker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CSM	O
format	O
is	O
an	O
optical	O
tracking	O
format	O
that	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
Character	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
(	O
an	O
animation	O
and	O
skinning	O
plug-in	O
for	O
3ds	B-Language
Max	I-Language
)	O
for	O
importing	O
marker	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
development	O
all	O
3D	B-Application
motion	I-Application
capture	I-Application
systems	O
stored	O
their	O
data	O
in	O
multiple	O
files	O
,	O
each	O
with	O
a	O
different	O
proprietary	O
format	O
,	O
making	O
the	O
exchange	O
of	O
data	O
between	O
various	O
biomechanics	O
and	O
gait	O
analysis	O
laboratories	O
very	O
difficult	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
introduction	O
and	O
adoption	O
of	O
the	O
C3D	O
file	O
format	O
by	O
all	O
major	O
3D	B-Application
motion	I-Application
capture	I-Application
companies	O
all	O
necessary	O
3D	O
information	O
,	O
analog	O
data	O
and	O
parameters	O
describing	O
the	O
data	O
can	O
be	O
seamlessly	O
transferred	O
between	O
researchers	O
and	O
laboratories	O
,	O
regardless	O
of	O
the	O
hardware	O
or	O
environment	O
used	O
to	O
collect	O
the	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
FBX	B-Application
proprietary	O
file	O
format	O
(	O
.fbx	O
)	O
owned	O
by	O
Autodesk	O
since	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Blender	O
Foundation	O
has	O
published	O
an	O
unofficial	O
specification	O
for	O
binary	O
FBX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Motion	B-Application
capture	I-Application
software	O
that	O
can	O
output	O
PZ2	O
includes	O
Zign	O
Track	O
,	O
F-Clone	O
,	O
Kinect	O
Capture	O
,	O
Brekel	O
Face	O
,	O
and	O
Faceshift	O
via	O
a	O
free	O
script	O
.	O
</s>
