motion capture

[moh-shuhn kap-cher]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a data collection technique in which the movements of people and objects are tracked, recorded, and rendered to create animations, as for a video game.

motion capture

noun

a process by which a device can be used to capture patterns of live movement; the data is then transmitted to a computer, where simulation software displays it applied to a virtual actor

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Word History and Origins

Origin of motion capture¹

First recorded in 1980–85

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While the walkout persisted, video game performers weren’t allowed to provide any services — such as acting, singing, stunts, motion capture, background and stand-in work — to struck games.

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Neom, the futuristic megacity on the Red Sea coast, intends to be the region’s “first true gaming hub,” according to its website, featuring a campus, recording studios, and motion capture and visual effects for game development.

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After doing a day of motion capture with the band at a studio in the Valley, Fincher and a crew of animators from Culver City’s Blur Studio spent about 13 months working on “Can’t Stop.”

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"Maybe we can do like a motion capture day somehow. Do some animal studies, as it were."

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Jonno Davies is the ape performer under the Wētā FX motion capture and he’s terrific, as is the ensemble who acts against him with spectacular conviction.

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