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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Proponents often trot out comparisons to past transitions, talking of Vaudevillian actors transitioning to the new-fangled silent cinema, silent film actors making the difficult move into talkies, all the way up to animation voiceover and motion capture.
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Adam Verner
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
At the heart of this machinery is the BeyondMimic framework – a motion tracking system that allows humanoids to learn from human motion capture data recorded in long sequences.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
Overall, the motion capture data showed a notable increase in range of motion around the shoulders, wrists, and elbows.
—Mack Degeurin Aug 21, Popular Science, 21 Aug. 2025
Frankie Zhu, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the School of Mines, developed a rover motion capture system to model rover mobility based on observation.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Adam Verner
september 3, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
At the heart of this machinery is the BeyondMimic framework – a motion tracking system that allows humanoids to learn from human motion capture data recorded in long sequences.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
Overall, the motion capture data showed a notable increase in range of motion around the shoulders, wrists, and elbows.
—Mack Degeurin Aug 21, Popular Science, 21 Aug. 2025
Frankie Zhu, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the School of Mines, developed a rover motion capture system to model rover mobility based on observation.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Motion capture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motion%20capture. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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