Physical-world data · Motion-capture data · Updated 30 Oct 2026
Who buys motion-capture data for AI training, and what is it worth?
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Captured human movement from optical or inertial suits, cleaned into clips. Humanoid robots and motion models learn from it how people walk, carry and use their hands.
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asking prices off the shelf, made to order, cost to produce, paid to the people who make it
- Who holds it
- Animation and game studios, Motion-capture studios, Sports science and biomechanics labs
- Who has paid, offered or listed
- MoCap Online, DataXpower
The short answer · figures from the market's records, last reviewed 30 Oct 2026
Who buys motion-capture data for AI training, and what is it worth?
Humanoid-robot and motion-model companies, mostly by paying to collect it new: a vendor quotes $80-150 per hour of collected data for a humanoid programme with mocap suits, and Tesla pays operators $25.25 to $48 per hour to wear a suit for Optimus. A professional studio's clip costs $50 to $200 or more to make, while pre-made game animations sell at $0.50–$3 per clip, and MoCap Online's licence bars AI use of them without permission. So a studio's own library, with its raw capture and performers' consent, is what is scarce.
What buyers have paid, offered or asked for motion-capture data
The whole price boardEvery price in the market's records about motion-capture data, each with its source and the day it was read. Open a row for the source's own words.
11 public prices
MoCap Online crowd animation pack, 108 optical motion-capture animations
A game-animation licence: the seller's terms say its assets may not be used in AI or machine learning without prior written permission, so this is the price of motion data without training rights. The list price stands: the page's own HTML shows it as the regular price ($34.99) beside a Halloween sale price ($17.49, 50% off, through 2 November 2026 PT).
Physical-world dataAsking prices off the shelfOct 2026A catalogue or marketplace listing
$35
per pack of 108 animations
$0.32 per record
MoCap Online ladder animation pack, 198 optical motion-capture animations
A game-animation licence: the seller's terms say its assets may not be used in AI or machine learning without prior written permission, so this is the price of motion data without training rights. The list price stands: the page's own HTML shows it as the regular price ($29.99) beside a Halloween sale price ($14.99, 50% off, through 2 November 2026 PT).
Physical-world dataAsking prices off the shelfOct 2026A catalogue or marketplace listing
$30
per pack of 198 animations
$0.15 per record
MoCap Online walk animation pack, 30 optical motion-capture animations
A game-animation licence: the seller's terms say its assets may not be used in AI or machine learning without prior written permission, so this is the price of motion data without training rights. The list price stands: the page's own HTML shows it as the regular price ($29.99) beside a Halloween sale price ($14.99, 50% off, through 2 November 2026 PT).
Physical-world dataAsking prices off the shelfOct 2026A catalogue or marketplace listing
$30
per pack of 30 animations
$1.00 per record
One cleaned motion-capture animation bought in a pre-made pack
Off-the-shelf game-animation packs ($30 to $500 a pack); this seller's licence bars AI or machine-learning use without written permission.
Physical-world dataAsking prices off the shelfMar 2026A vendor's published price guide
MoCap Online, How Much Does Motion Capture Cost? Complete Pricing Guide 2026
$0.5 to $3.00
per clip
Full day in Teesside University's VR motion-capture studio (18 infra-red cameras, up to six suits), motion-capture control with technical support
A university facility's published hire rate; half day GBP 350, weekend GBP 750, data clean-up extra. At the bottom of the commercial range.
Physical-world dataMade to orderOct 2026The payer's own page
Teesside University, VR motion capture studio (business facilities)
$795
per one-day session
Published as Full day: £600
Full humanoid multi-sensor program (mocap suits or exoskeletons, F/T and IMU), managed by DataXpower
The top of the vendor price ladder; sensor-dense setups are said to cost 3 to 5 times a single-camera RGB program.
Physical-world dataMade to orderJul 2026A vendor's published price guide
$80 to $150
per hour of collected data
One day of a professional mid-tier optical motion-capture studio (OptiTrack or Vicon)
Day hire of studio and technical direction; smaller studios $500 to $900, top tier $3,000 to $5,000 or more, facial capture $500 to $2,000 a day extra. Hours per day not stated, so no hourly figure.
Physical-world dataMade to orderMar 2026A vendor's published price guide
MoCap Online, How Much Does Motion Capture Cost? Complete Pricing Guide 2026
$1,500 to $3,000
per one-day session
Skilled motion-capture editor time for cleaning raw capture
Cleanup typically takes 2 to 8 times the raw capture time per clip, so it often costs more than the capture.
Physical-world dataMade to orderMar 2026A vendor's published price guide
MoCap Online, How Much Does Motion Capture Cost? Complete Pricing Guide 2026
$75 to $150
per hour
One motion-capture clip from a professional optical studio session, after cleanup
A mocap vendor's 2026 guide; studio sessions run $1,500 to $5,000 a day and cleanup takes 2 to 8 times the capture time.
Physical-world dataMade to orderMar 2026A vendor's published price guide
MoCap Online, How Much Does Motion Capture Cost? Complete Pricing Guide 2026
$50 to $200
per clip
One motion-capture clip made in-house with an inertial suit (Rokoko, Perception Neuron), after cleanup
Own production cost on $3,000 to $6,000 of hardware; quality below optical capture.
Physical-world dataCost to produceMar 2026A vendor's published price guide
MoCap Online, How Much Does Motion Capture Cost? Complete Pricing Guide 2026
$5.00 to $50
per clip
Data collection operator wearing a motion-capture suit and VR headset for Tesla's Optimus program (Palo Alto)
Reported from Tesla's careers page, which blocks automated reading; the role walks test routes 7+ hours a day. The only motion-capture pay figure found.
Physical-world dataPaid to the people who make itAug 2024Press report
Decrypt, Tesla Will Pay Up to $48 an Hour to Capture Your Movements
$25 to $48
per hour
Where this data comes from, and who lists it
The whole supply map250+ hours
Uthana licenses 250+ hours of human motion captured with a 120-camera marker-based system in a AAA studio, for commercial model training under agreement.
Reaches buyers: Licensed directly by the vendor, price on request
617.5 hours
Noitom released HiPHI, 617.5 hours of motion capture from 132 performers, free for non-commercial research with enterprise access through ModalityNet.
Reaches buyers: Free for research on Hugging Face; commercial access by agreement
eWeek, Noitom Releases 617-Hour HiPHI Motion Dataset, 20 Aug 2026
- Raw capture kept beside the cleaned clips
- Hands and fingers, not only the body
- Everyday tasks: carrying, cooking, tools
- Many performers of different builds
Performers' contracts decide whether their captured movement may be licensed for a new use, and performers' unions now bargain over AI uses. Clips bought from a library are not the studio's to resell: one seller's licence bars AI use without written permission.
Who has bought, offered or listed motion-capture data
MoCap OnlineBuyers that take physical-world data, and what each publishes
5 buyers taking physical-world data, largest published figure first
Hold motion-capture data? A valuation takes about two minutes: it says what buyers pay and whether we would run the sale. Prices last read 30 Oct 2026.
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