The Valor IMU system measures upper- and lower-extremity joint angles within ±3.5° of Vicon optical motion capture (the laboratory gold standard) in a peer-reviewed validation study.[1] That validated foundation is what the camera-first platform, and camera+IMU fusion, are measured against.
Smith, Parikh, Tate, Siddicky, Hsiao. Published in Sensors (2024). The Valor IMU was validated against Vicon, the optical motion-capture gold standard, across upper- and lower-extremity joint angles.
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The validated IMU is a live modality: a subset of customers run it today, and it powers camera+IMU fusion, the highest-fidelity capture Valor offers. Validation isn't a relic of where Valor started; it's the foundation the camera-first platform is measured against.
Every future validation result is published in Voices of Valor and cited from this page.
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