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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The remake’s solution combines motion capture performance technology larded with digital animation from a presumable army of effects houses, with Bashful voiced by Tituss Burgess, Dopey handled by Andrew Barth Feldman and so on.
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
The Russo Brothers blended cutting-edge VFX, motion capture, and practical effects to create the film’s vivid, tactile world.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
But there are 175 of them — which meant the film needed a prodigious ensemble of motion capture performers.
—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
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Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
The Russo Brothers blended cutting-edge VFX, motion capture, and practical effects to create the film’s vivid, tactile world.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
But there are 175 of them — which meant the film needed a prodigious ensemble of motion capture performers.
—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
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“Motion capture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motion%20capture. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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