Technologies
Motion Capture
Also Known As Mocap
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A technology that records the real-time movement of objects or performers into a computer system and maps that data onto a digital character model, letting a live performance drive computer animation. It grew out of photogrammetric motion analysis in biomechanics research during the 1970s and 1980s, reached video games by 1988, and became a mainstream technique in 3D fighting games such as Virtua Fighter by the mid-1990s.
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Introduced Year1988 marks the earliest documented entertainment use, in Martech's video game Vixen; the underlying photogrammetric technique originates in 1970s-1980s biomechanics research, and the technique reached mainstream 3D games with titles such as Virtua Fighter in the mid-1990s. Cross-Tradition Connections
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Wikimedia Foundationintroductory sectionQuote, introductory section
Motion capture (sometimes referred to as mocap or mo-cap, for short) is the process of recording high-resolution movement of objects or people into a computer system.
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