The Vicon Vanguard Camera is a professional markerless motion capture camera purpose-built for real-time performer capture, animation, VFX, gaming, and virtual production workflows. Designed specifically for Vicon Markerless systems, Vanguard captures motion in the infrared spectrum, allowing performers to move naturally without suits, markers, or wearable tracking devices.

With 1080p HD resolution, 120 FPS capture, a 6.5 mm fixed focal lens, and AI-enhanced infrared tracking, Vicon Vanguard delivers high-quality motion data for real-time visualization and offline animation processing. It is ideal for studios, game developers, film production teams, animation pipelines, and research environments that require fast, natural, and accurate markerless motion capture.

The camera’s compact PoE-powered design, global shutter, onboard status LED, and low-latency performance make it a powerful solution for modern markerless mocap setups where speed, flexibility, and natural performer movement are essential.

The Vicon Vanguard is a 2 MP HD markerless motion capture camera designed for real-time performer tracking without suits or markers. It captures infrared video at 1920 × 1080 resolution and up to 120 FPS, making it suitable for animation, gaming, VFX, film, TV, and virtual production workflows.

Key Features:

• Purpose-built camera for markerless motion capture.
• Allows performer capture without suits, markers, or wearable sensors.
• Captures video in the infrared spectrum.
• 2 MP HD / 1920 × 1080 sensor resolution.
• Up to 120 FPS real-time capture.
• 6.5 mm fixed focal length lens.
• Wide 78° × 49° field of view.
• Global shutter for accurate motion capture.
• Low camera latency of up to 7.5 ms.
• PoE-powered connectivity through CAT6 or CAT6a / RJ45.
• Onboard status LED for quick camera status visibility.
• Compact and lightweight design.
• Suitable for gaming, animation, film, TV, VFX, and virtual production.