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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In video game motion capture, actors wear special Lycra or neoprene suits with markers on them.
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Sarah Parvini, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2024
The Interactive Media Agreement, which protects about 2,600 voice and motion capture performers in the video game industry, expired in November 2022.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024
That allow the series makers to push the ultra-realism of dance scenes performed in motion capture by Paris Opera dancers.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 2 Sep. 2024
The strike — the second walkout for video game voice actors and motion capture performers under the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists — will begin at 12:01 a.m. Friday.
—CBS News, 26 July 2024
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Sarah Parvini, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2024
The Interactive Media Agreement, which protects about 2,600 voice and motion capture performers in the video game industry, expired in November 2022.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2024
That allow the series makers to push the ultra-realism of dance scenes performed in motion capture by Paris Opera dancers.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 2 Sep. 2024
The strike — the second walkout for video game voice actors and motion capture performers under the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists — will begin at 12:01 a.m. Friday.
—CBS News, 26 July 2024
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“Motion capture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motion%20capture. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.
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