Introducing Vicon Valkyrie systems
- Gisela Roberts
A Vicon Valkyrie system is a suite of networked Valkyrie motion capture cameras, hardware devices such as Ethernet switches and Vicon Locks (for synchronization of third-party devices), and software applications, which provide real-time and offline digital-optical motion capture data.
Valkyrie systems are flexible, expandable, and easy to integrate into your working environment. You can combine Valkyrie motion capture cameras with other current Vicon camera ranges and supported third-party devices (such as supported FLIR cameras, force plates, EMG, analog and digital HD- and SD-compliant external video for genlocking and associated timecode sources) to create a system that meets your application requirements. This modular approach enables you to expand your Vicon Valkyrie system as needed.
Motion capture data from the Valkyrie cameras (VK26, VK16, and VK8) and the associated data from third-party devices routed through an optional Vicon Lock unit, connects through a PoE++ (advanced Power over Ethernet) switch to a host PC, which runs the required Vicon application software. Other third-party devices, such as digital force plates, can connect directly to the host PC.
Valkyrie cameras can also be added to other current Vicon camera systems (Vantage, Vero and Viper).
A Valkyrie system runs on its own dedicated network, rather than being integrated into a general communications network.
More information:
- For a list of the major components of Valkyrie systems, see Vicon Valkyrie system components.
- For further details about all aspects of Valkyrie cameras, see Vicon Valkyrie cameras.
- For illustrations of basic example Valkyrie systems, showing how you can include Vicon Valkyrie cameras, appropriate switches, Vicon Locks, and supported FLIR cameras, see Build a Vicon Valkyrie system.
- For more information on including supported external devices in your Valkyrie system, see the Vicon Systems Setup Guide and/or the Vicon Lock guides.
- To find out about using your Vicon application software, select the links from the Help menu in the software or view the relevant documentation on the Vicon documentation website.
