Free Mocap Databases
Here is a brief list of free online motion capture (Mocap) databases. Some of these databases are large, others contain just a few samples (but maybe just the ones you need). I include databases from which files can be downloaded in c3d and/or in hvb format, though I make a few exceptions. Some of these databases are truly free, others are only free for personal use or for research purposes. Please read the information on those sites to find out if you can use the database for free. Have fun!
3D (motion capture) databases
- Pollick lab Body Movement Library
- Leuven Action Database
- Leuven Communicative Interaction Database (see supplemental data to article)
- Communicative Interaction Database – 5AFC format (CID-5)
- Communicative Interaction Database – 5AFC format, multilingual (Multilingual CID-5)
- Carnegie Mellon Mocap database (also available in bvh format, elsewhere)
- Human Motion Database (does not seem to work anymore; last checked oct 2013)
- OptiTrack samples
- ICS Action Database
- HumanEva
- Motion Capture Database HDM05
- Mocapdata
- Korea University Gesture (KUG) database
- Human Identification at a Distance
- ACCAD database
- Movlab
- Emotional Body Motion Database
- Data-Driven Character Animation - National University of Singapore
- Pianist and Jazz guitarist
- Various Traditional and Contemporary Dances.