And since you can import 3DStudio, COLLADA, BVH motion capture, scalable vector graphics, Stanford (.ply), STL, Wavefront, and x3D Extensible 3D files into Blender; and export all except scalable ...

Files are available on Github for those keen to recreate the project. It’s a tidy setup that does good motion capture on a low budget.

The NevronMotion plug-in for LightWave 11.6 captures live-rig motion with the Microsoft Kinect camera; retargets motion capture directly in LightWave Layout; saves and adjusts captured motion data ...