Hello there,

What are you planning to create in 2025? Whatever the project, Vicon Shōgun enables you to capture high-quality motion data faster and more efficiently.  

We are pleased to kick-start the year with our latest update, bringing new improvements and addressing several known issues.

What's new in Shōgun 1.14?

Features and improvements

Automatically import settings with our new Server Discovery feature and Live Link Plugin for Unreal Engine 5

In addition to Shōgun 1.14, Unreal users can now download the new Live Link Plugin, which offers the Server Discovery feature.

Connect to Unreal by automatically finding your Vicon system instead of doing this manually.

Try rigid gap filling when data processing in Post 

Previously only available from the Marker Editing panel, automatic rigid gap filling can now be found within the Processing panel.

In some scenarios, this option can produce better results than Occlusion Fixing, so we’ve made this change to make it more accessible.

Maintain the last camera angle you viewed in Live

Until now, Shōgun Live would reset the camera angle each time you reviewed a take. With this latest release, the camera maintains its position, removing the need to reset coordinates with every review.

Correctly adjust the height of reconstruction volumes in Live 

We have addressed a bug that caused the height of reconstruction volumes to exceed the clickable area, meaning you had to adjust the height manually.

Instead of translating off-screen, the reconstruction volume now follows the manipulator movement as intended.

Reduce subject calibration MCP file size by over 50%

We have optimized our subject calibration MCP files, and our tests have shown an average reduction in file size of 58%.

In addition to lower storage requirements, you can now enjoy faster read times, making your subject calibration data more readily available for review and editing. 

Easily view relevant data for selected objects on Live graphs

’Auto’ channel type has been added to graphs, allowing for a clear view of the relevant data and reducing the number of clicks required to review them. 
 
This brings greater consistency to graphs between Shōgun Live and Post.

More addressed issues 

We have addressed 11 known issues with this release. Please take a look at the release notes for details. 

Thank you!

Thank you for choosing Shōgun for your motion capture pipeline. Please continue to get in touch with any feedback and tag us in your content created with 1.14 so we can share with the wider Vicon VFX community. 

David 'Ed' Edwards
VFX Product Manager