Theia3D + GeForce RTX 5090: Next-Level Speed for Markerless Motion Capture

June 11, 2025
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A Major Research Milestone for Theia3D
More than 50 independent, peer-reviewed research publications now cite, evaluate or review Theia3D across domains including gait, sports performance, postural control, upper-extremity movement and other biomechanics applications. These publications are available in world-leading journals including Journal of Biomechanics, Journal of Applied Biomechanics, Gait & Posture and Clinical Biomechanics. Together, they represent a growing body of evidence across different movements, populations and environments, reinforcing Theia3D’s position as the most extensively validated markerless motion capture system.
Beyond The Radar Gun: How Dean Jackson uses Theia3D For Incremental Velocity Analysis
This article is a first in a miniseries that breaks down what motion capture can show beyond radar, ball data, and standard video. In this first installment, Dean breaks down how he uses Incremental Velocity Analysis, or IVA, to study what changes biomechanically as pitchers move closer and closer to max output.
New Research on Theia3D: Comparing Markerless and Marker-Based Shoulder Kinematics Across Full Arm Range of Motion
A 2025 study published in the Journal of Biomechanics compared shoulder kinematics measured with Theia3D markerless motion capture against gold-standard marker-based motion capture across full arm ranges of motion. The results show strong agreement for many movements, particularly in the coronal plane, while also highlighting where caution is still required, especially at the extremes of ranges of motion and in transverse-plane rotations.

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In case you missed it, we recently updated Theia3D Axiom to include support for the newest generation of NVIDIA graphics cards - the GeForce RTX 50 Series. With this exciting update, these new graphics cards can be used to unlock even greater processing performance from Theia3D, allowing you to push the limits of your markerless motion capture workflow. After our initial announcement which included benchmarks for the new RTX 5080, we’re following up to provide even more exciting results - RTX 5090 benchmarks.

Theia3D just got faster. A lot faster.

We’ve expanded support to include the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 GPU — and the results speak for themselves. The RTX 5090 brings dramatic improvements to Theia3D’s core processing pipeline, enabling faster batch analysis for high-volume biomechanics research programs.

RTX 5090 Benchmark Results

Compared to previous generation hardware, the RTX 5090 delivers:

  • Processing speeds approximately 3-4x faster than the RTX 4090 for standard Theia3D trial processing
  • Significant reductions in batch processing time for large research datasets
  • Near-real-time feedback for iterative data review workflows

What This Means for Research Programs

For biomechanics labs, sports science programs, and research teams collecting large volumes of motion data, the RTX 5090 eliminates processing bottlenecks that have historically constrained throughput. High-volume studies that previously required overnight batch processing can now complete in hours.

Combined with Theia3D Batch’s automated pipeline, the RTX 5090 enables research teams to scale data collection without scaling staff or processing infrastructure.

Check the Theia3D documentation for full hardware compatibility details. Contact us with any questions about optimizing your hardware setup for maximum research throughput.

Recent Posts
A Major Research Milestone for Theia3D
More than 50 independent, peer-reviewed research publications now cite, evaluate or review Theia3D across domains including gait, sports performance, postural control, upper-extremity movement and other biomechanics applications. These publications are available in world-leading journals including Journal of Biomechanics, Journal of Applied Biomechanics, Gait & Posture and Clinical Biomechanics. Together, they represent a growing body of evidence across different movements, populations and environments, reinforcing Theia3D’s position as the most extensively validated markerless motion capture system.
Beyond The Radar Gun: How Dean Jackson uses Theia3D For Incremental Velocity Analysis
This article is a first in a miniseries that breaks down what motion capture can show beyond radar, ball data, and standard video. In this first installment, Dean breaks down how he uses Incremental Velocity Analysis, or IVA, to study what changes biomechanically as pitchers move closer and closer to max output.
New Research on Theia3D: Comparing Markerless and Marker-Based Shoulder Kinematics Across Full Arm Range of Motion
A 2025 study published in the Journal of Biomechanics compared shoulder kinematics measured with Theia3D markerless motion capture against gold-standard marker-based motion capture across full arm ranges of motion. The results show strong agreement for many movements, particularly in the coronal plane, while also highlighting where caution is still required, especially at the extremes of ranges of motion and in transverse-plane rotations.
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