Axis Software Setup

Axis Studio

In Axis Studio, either set up your motion capture suit for a recording session or play a recorded take on loop.

• Go to main menu --> settings --> BVH broadcasting. 
• Enable BVH broadcasting.
• Make sure the IP address is correct.
• Remember the port number for later.  

Axis Neuron/ Axis Neuron Pro

In Axis Neuron and Axis Neuron Pro, either set up your motion capture suit for a recording session or play a recorded take on loop.

• Go to file --> settings --> broadcasting. 
• Enable BVH and TCP.
• Make sure the IP address is correct. 
• Make a note of the port number for later  

Apply Real-time Data 

1. Import your Humanoid skeleton model into Unity
2. In the project tab in Unity click on the your model and then click on the Rig tab in the inspector windows. Set your Animation Type to Humanoid, then click on Apply
3. Next click on Configure to check the bone mapping. Usually Unity will find assign the correct bone references for most humanoid skeleton so its good to check them
4. Click on Mapping and then click on Load to load our template file that fixes the mapping for
   you.  In the new window navigate to Noitom/PerceptionNeuron and load the file
   PNS Human Template.ht
   Make sure you have all the right bones mapped to the correct body segments inside each of the
   tabs for Body and Click on Apply and then on Done
   
5. Load the scene you want to use your model in. Click and drag your model into the Hierarchy tab to load it into the scene.
6. Select your model in the Hierarchy tab and click on  Add Component in the inspector
   window. In the search field type “Neuron” and select the script “NeuronTransformInstance.cs”.
7. Adjust the settings of the NeuronTransformInstance Script according to your own setup. enable
   the toggle “Connect To Axis” to make the script connect to Axis, click  bind to do skeleton
   retargeting automatically before hit Play. Make sure you have Axis Neuron/ Axis Studio running
   and playing a recorded animation in loop or a live actor connected to it. Also make sure you
   turned on BVH data streaming in the Neuron Axis settings.
   
8. Click on Play in Unity to see the motion being applied to your new model