MOTION CAPTURE Definition & Meaning

motion capture

[ moh-shuhn kap-cher ]

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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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Origin of motion capture¹

First recorded in 1980–85

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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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They used a combination of motion capture and CGI, with the role and the speaking voice taken on by English actor Jonno Davies, best known as Tobias in the Al Pacino TV series Hunters.

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Williams did perform the whole of My Way while wired up to help with the motion capture, at a specially arranged pair of concerts at the Royal Albert Hall in 2022.

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Those who evacuated eventually set up a second studio in Prague, in the Czech Republic, rebuilding motion capture and audio studios from scratch.

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