motion capture
noun
: a technology for digitally recording specific movements of a person (such as an actor) and translating them into computer-animated images
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But there are 175 of them — which meant the film needed a prodigious ensemble of motion capture performers.
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Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2025
The tech behind the help NEO Gamma's movements are controlled at a frequency of 100 Hz, learned through reinforcement learning from human motion capture data.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2025
His Thing appearance is a combination of motion capture and CGI rather than heavy prosthetics, and director Matt Shakman consulted scientists and drew inspiration from desert rocks for the character's design.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 4 Feb. 2025
Its agility on the dance floor can likely be credited to a motion capture dataset for humanoid robots that Unitree recently open sourced; an accompanying video for the dataset shows off a number of complex moves.
—New Atlas, 3 Feb. 2025
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Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2025
The tech behind the help NEO Gamma's movements are controlled at a frequency of 100 Hz, learned through reinforcement learning from human motion capture data.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 16 Mar. 2025
His Thing appearance is a combination of motion capture and CGI rather than heavy prosthetics, and director Matt Shakman consulted scientists and drew inspiration from desert rocks for the character's design.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 4 Feb. 2025
Its agility on the dance floor can likely be credited to a motion capture dataset for humanoid robots that Unitree recently open sourced; an accompanying video for the dataset shows off a number of complex moves.
—New Atlas, 3 Feb. 2025
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“Motion capture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motion%20capture. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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