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+categories: "Development News"
+author: "joreg"
+date: "2025-07-18"
+title: "Introducing: DollarsMoCap"
+description: "Probably the simplest way to achieve full body tracking"
+thumb: "logo.png"
+---
+
+Dear body trackers!
+
+There are many options for skeleton tracking you can use with vvvv:
+- [Kinect](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.Devices.Kinect) (the original one)
+- [Kinect 2](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.Devices.Kinect2)
+- [Azure Kinect](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.Devices.AzureKinect)
+- [Femto Bolt & Mega](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.Devices.AzureKinect.Femto)
+- [ZED](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.Devices.ZED)
+- [Nuitrack](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.Devices.Nuitrack)
+- [Ultraleap](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.Devices.Ultraleap)
+
+But those options all require the according specific depth camera, which you might not always at hand. Now here is a new option that doesn't require additional hardware and tracks a single 3d skeleton (including fingers and face!) even from a simple webcam: 
+
+Introducing: **[Dollars MONO](https://www.dollarsmocap.com/mono)** by [Dollars MoCap](https://www.dollarsmocap.com/)
+
+Watch this demo of their technology to get an idea of the quality of tracking you can expect:
+
+{{< youtube gBbKCGwMFeY >}}
+
+When running Dollars MONO on the same PC as vvvv, all you have to do is activate the "vvvv Streaming" option you can find under `Settings > Stream`:
+
+![](streaming.png) 
+
+The data is received in vvvv by the node DollarsMoCap. 
+To control an avatar with that data, all you need to do is load a rigged model and provide a joint mapping, ie. a spread of joint names the model comes with, that aligns with the joint names as returned by DollarsMoCap. This takes about 5 minutes to set up and then works for all models that use the same skeleton.
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+
+Many thanks go out to Kan Feng, the creator of Dollars MoCap, for the great support and helping us along the way of implementing this for vvvv!
+
+## How do i get it?
+
+As of this writing, requires latest [vvvv gamma 7.0 preview](https://vvvv.org/download/) builds. Then install as usual:
+
+    nuget install VL.DollarsMoCap -pre
+
+{{< box >}}
+If you want to use Dollars MONO beyond it's free trial limitations, Dollars MoCap offers a **25% discount on the [Dollars MONO Lifetime License](https://store.dollarsmocap.com/products/mono)** by using the coupon code "vvvv" on checkout!
+{{< /box >}}
+
+
+If you have a request for custom development, please [get in touch](mailto:devvvvs@vvvv.org)!

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