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technology and computing computer animationWhat is motion capture animation?
Motion capture (sometimes referred as mo-cap ormocap, for short) is the process of recording themovement of objects or people. The animated charactermovements were achieved in these films by tracing over alive-action actor, capturing the actor's motions andmovements.
Likewise, people ask, how does motion capture animation work?
Motion Capture Animation. Motion Capturecharacter animation, is the act of recording an actor'smovement and applying it to a 3D character. Motusdoes this by attaching markers to the actor's body andhaving them perform on a stage surrounded by Vicon motioncapture cameras.
Then, what does a motion capture system measure?
Inertial systems measure the acceleration androtation of each sensor. In it's raw form motion capture issimply a set of values for each sensor at a specific time, so youneed a way to transfer this data on to your object inside acomputer.
Motion tracking enhances human-computerinteraction and plays a vital role in computer animation of a 3-Dmodel. It provides real-time information, and the amount ofanimation data produced by motion tracking within a giventime is large.