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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Currently, the system uses external motion capture cameras for indoor testing and is therefore not useful in outdoor environments yet.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
Cameron uses motion capture to translate the performance of the actors, including their body movements and facial expressions, into the blue humanoid characters known as the Na’vi.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
Among the actor-producer’s upcoming projects as founder of Pageboy Productions is a TV adaptation of the video game Beyond: Two Souls, in which Page himself provided the motion capture.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 13 Oct. 2025
That someone was the contestant, using motion capture to follow their exact moves.
—Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025
Cameron uses motion capture to translate the performance of the actors, including their body movements and facial expressions, into the blue humanoid characters known as the Na’vi.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
Among the actor-producer’s upcoming projects as founder of Pageboy Productions is a TV adaptation of the video game Beyond: Two Souls, in which Page himself provided the motion capture.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 13 Oct. 2025
That someone was the contestant, using motion capture to follow their exact moves.
—Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Motion capture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motion%20capture. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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