(2) Entering a movement pattern into the computer. Also called "performance capture," motion capture refers to people wearing sensors or markers on body parts while dancing, fighting, etc. The motion ...

SAN FRANCISCO—Every year at the Game Developers Conference, a handful of competing companies show off their latest motion-capture technology, which transforms human performances into 3D animations ...

Organic Motion used this week’s Game Developers Conference to introduce a new motion capture system that the company says is significantly less pricey, more powerful and easier to use than systems ...

You might know motion capture as the tech that transformed Andy Serkis into Gollum, but now it can transform everyday people into animated avatars in virtual worlds, and all in real-time. Motion ...

Artists are hardworking—they gladly embrace long, tedious multi-step processes in search of magic! This is probably why in the early 1900s, Émile Cohl hand-drew 700 drawings to bring life to his paper ...

Mention motion capture and the first thing likely to pop up in your head is an actor in a black spandex suit stuck with rubber balls. This norm, however, may soon be a relic of the past as software ...

Researchers have developed a new human motion capture system that consists of a single ultra-wide fisheye camera mounted on the user's chest. The simplicity of their system could be conducive to a ...

A new motion capture technology will allow you to create digital dog avatars after filming them with a single camera. Digitizing a dog is typically like digitizing a person. The process involves ...

COVENTRY, England (Reuters) - What do Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray have in common? Sure, they're all tennis champions but each has also struggled with ...