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69-432: The digital versions of ABBA were created with motion capture and performance techniques with the four band members and the visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic , in what is the company's first foray into music. The ABBA Voyage concert is produced by Svana Gisla and Ludvig Andersson, director Baillie Walsh , co-executive producer Johan Renck and choreographer Wayne McGregor . According to media reports,

138-684: A box office failure of Mars Needs Moms . Television series produced entirely with motion capture animation include Laflaque in Canada, Sprookjesboom and Cafe de Wereld in The Netherlands, and Headcases in the UK. Virtual reality and Augmented reality providers, such as uSens and Gestigon , allow users to interact with digital content in real time by capturing hand motions. This can be useful for training simulations, visual perception tests, or performing virtual walk-throughs in

207-405: A neo-noir third-person / shooter video game called My Eyes On You , using motion capture in order to animate its main character, Jordan Adalien, and along with non-playable characters. Out of the three nominees for the 2006 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature , two of the nominees ( Monster House and the winner Happy Feet ) used motion capture, and only Disney · Pixar 's Cars

276-406: A 3D environment. Motion capture technology is frequently used in digital puppetry systems to drive computer-generated characters in real time. Gait analysis is one application of motion capture in clinical medicine . Techniques allow clinicians to evaluate human motion across several biomechanical factors, often while streaming this information live into analytical software. One innovative use

345-407: A 3D model: There are many applications of Motion Capture. The most common are for video games, movies, and movement capture, however there is a research application for this technology being used at Purdue University in robotics development. Video games often use motion capture to animate athletes, martial artists , and other in-game characters. As early as 1988, an early form of motion capture

414-653: A complete system (along with the EyePhone and the Data Glove). The Tesla Suit is a mo-cap suit that also uses neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) to give the wearer sensations of touch, force and even warmth. The Husky Sense suit is a mo-cap suit that uses 18 IMU sensors (gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetometer) to track, record and analyze body motions. It's relatively cheap and can be used in various use cases, such as sports, healthcare, defense, metaverse, gaming, VR training, animation creation, etc. The PrioVR

483-415: A cyan light strobe instead of the typical IR light for minimum fall-off underwater and high-speed cameras with an LED light or with the option of using image processing. An underwater camera is typically able to measure 15–20 meters depending on the water quality, the camera and the type of marker used. Unsurprisingly, the best range is achieved when the water is clear, and like always, the measurement volume

552-405: A few decades, which has given new insight into many fields. The vital part of the system, the underwater camera, has a waterproof housing. The housing has a finish that withstands corrosion and chlorine which makes it perfect for use in basins and swimming pools. There are two types of cameras. Industrial high-speed cameras can also be used as infrared cameras. Infrared underwater cameras come with

621-767: A full body suit and can also be used separately as just gloves, jacket or pants. G5 Mocapsuit by AiQ Synertial is a 17-sensor IMU-based motion capture system with an option for 4-sensor 'Pincer Gloves'. Synertial partnered with 'AiQ Smart Clothing' of Taiwan, in 2018, to integrate fabric technology into its suits reducing significant amounts of sensor artefacts. GPS enabled. Sports Motion capture models use an Android app to manage onboard recording to calibrate 'later' as well as live streams data via WiFi & Bluetooth . Compatible with Unity (game engine) , Unreal Engine 4 , MotionBuilder , Tecnomatix and MocapBeats software plugins. G5 has various 'Cobra' and 'Exo-Glove' options as well as an HTC Vive plugin for root positioning inside

690-494: A mathematical model into the silhouette. For movements you can not see a change of the silhouette, there are hybrid systems available that can do both (marker and silhouette), but with less marker. In robotics, some motion capture systems are based on simultaneous localization and mapping . Optical systems utilize data captured from image sensors to triangulate the 3D position of a subject between two or more cameras calibrated to provide overlapping projections. Data acquisition

759-561: A performer wearing a full-body spandex/lycra suit designed specifically for motion capture . This type of system can capture large numbers of markers at frame rates usually around 120 to 160 fps although by lowering the resolution and tracking a smaller region of interest they can track as high as 10,000 fps. Active optical systems triangulate positions by illuminating one LED at a time very quickly or multiple LEDs with software to identify them by their relative positions, somewhat akin to celestial navigation. Rather than reflecting light back that

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828-512: A photogrammetric analysis tool in biomechanics research in the 1970s and 1980s, and expanded into education, training, sports and recently computer animation for television , cinema , and video games as the technology matured. Since the 20th century, the performer has to wear markers near each joint to identify the motion by the positions or angles between the markers. Acoustic, inertial, LED , magnetic or reflective markers, or combinations of any of these, are tracked, optimally at least two times

897-557: A scene, with each tag uniquely identified to eliminate marker reacquisition issues. Since the system eliminates a high-speed camera and the corresponding high-speed image stream, it requires significantly lower data bandwidth. The tags also provide incident illumination data which can be used to match scene lighting when inserting synthetic elements. The technique appears ideal for on-set motion capture or real-time broadcasting of virtual sets but has yet to be proven. Motion capture technology has been available for researchers and scientists for

966-525: A subsidiary of Warner Brothers Pictures created especially to enable virtual cinematography , including photorealistic digital look-alikes for filming The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions movies, used a technique called Universal Capture that utilized 7 camera setup and the tracking the optical flow of all pixels over all the 2-D planes of the cameras for motion, gesture and facial expression capture leading to photorealistic results. Traditionally markerless optical motion tracking

1035-416: A unique identification of each marker for a given capture frame at a cost to the resultant frame rate. The ability to identify each marker in this manner is useful in real-time applications. The alternative method of identifying markers is to do it algorithmically requiring extra processing of the data. There are also possibilities to find the position by using colored LED markers. In these systems, each color

1104-417: A week, earning over $ 2 million weekly, with an average ticket price of around £85 ($ 105). The ABBAtars are rendered via computer-generated imagery , courtesy of visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). On-stage, an LED display shows the band in scale, as it would appear if performers really were there, and in the monitors to the sides of the stage the image is fully computer-generated. As

1173-495: Is a wearable device that records the body movements of the wearer. Some of these suits also function as haptic suits . Introduced in the late 1980s, the Data Suit by VPL Research was one of the earliest mo-cap suits in the market. Sensors stitched in the Data Suit were connected by fiber-optic cables to computers that updated the visuals 15 to 30 times a second. The Data Suit was ahead of its time, selling for up to $ 500,000 for

1242-465: Is also dependent on the number of cameras. A range of underwater markers are available for different circumstances. Different pools require different mountings and fixtures. Therefore, all underwater motion capture systems are uniquely tailored to suit each specific pool instalment. For cameras placed in the center of the pool, specially designed tripods, using suction cups, are provided. Emerging techniques and research in computer vision are leading to

1311-619: Is assigned to a specific point of the body. One of the earliest active marker systems in the 1980s was a hybrid passive-active mocap system with rotating mirrors and colored glass reflective markers and which used masked linear array detectors. Active marker systems can further be refined by strobing one marker on at a time, or tracking multiple markers over time and modulating the amplitude or pulse width to provide marker ID. 12-megapixel spatial resolution modulated systems show more subtle movements than 4-megapixel optical systems by having both higher spatial and temporal resolution. Directors can see

1380-502: Is generated externally, the markers themselves are powered to emit their own light. Since the inverse square law provides one quarter of the power at two times the distance, this can increase the distances and volume for capture. This also enables a high signal-to-noise ratio, resulting in very low marker jitter and a resulting high measurement resolution (often down to 0.1 mm within the calibrated volume). The TV series Stargate SG1 produced episodes using an active optical system for

1449-490: Is generated near the camera's lens. The camera's threshold can be adjusted so only the bright reflective markers will be sampled, ignoring skin and fabric. The centroid of the marker is estimated as a position within the two-dimensional image that is captured. The grayscale value of each pixel can be used to provide sub-pixel accuracy by finding the centroid of the Gaussian . An object with markers attached at known positions

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1518-859: Is mo-cap suit which is available in three versions: the Core which comes with 8 sensors for upper body tracking; the Lite with 12 sensors for full body tracking; and the Pro with 17 sensors which adds for precision with the feet, shoulders and hips. Perception Neuron by the Chinese company Noitom uses 9-axis IMU to capture the movements of the wearer. It also comes with motion-capturing gloves. Perception Neuron can be used in AltspaceVR . The Smartsuit Pro by Danish company Rokoko uses an array of 19 embedded 9-degrees of freedom (9-DoF) IMU sensors to capture motion date from

1587-662: Is no line-of-sight to the satellites — such as in indoor environments. The majority of vendors selling commercial optical motion capture systems provide accessible open source drivers that integrate with the popular Robotic Operating System ( ROS ) framework, allowing researchers and developers to effectively test their robots during development. In the field of aerial robotics research, motion capture systems are widely used for positioning as well. Regulations on airspace usage limit how feasible outdoor experiments can be conducted with Unmanned Aerial Systems ( UAS ). Indoor tests can circumvent such restrictions. Many labs and institutions around

1656-423: Is often referred to as performance capture . In many fields, motion capture is sometimes called motion tracking , but in filmmaking and games, motion tracking usually refers more to match moving . In motion capture sessions, movements of one or more actors are sampled many times per second. Whereas early techniques used images from multiple cameras to calculate 3D positions , often the purpose of motion capture

1725-403: Is pose detection, which can empower patients during post-surgical recovery or rehabilitation after injuries. This approach enables continuous monitoring, real-time guidance, and individually tailored programs to enhance patient outcomes. Some physical therapy clinics utilize motion capture as an objective way to quantify patient progress. During the filming of James Cameron's Avatar all of

1794-408: Is responsible for converting the light from the target area into a digital image that the tracking computer can process. Depending on the design of the optical tracking system, the optical imaging system can vary from as simple as a standard digital camera to as specialized as an astronomical telescope on the top of a mountain. The specification of the optical imaging system determines the upper limit of

1863-467: Is the process of recording the movement of objects or people. It is used in military , entertainment , sports , medical applications, and for validation of computer vision and robots. In films, television shows and video games, motion capture refers to recording actions of human actors and using that information to animate digital character models in 2D or 3D computer animation . When it includes face and fingers or captures subtle expressions, it

1932-412: Is to record only the movements of the actor, not their visual appearance. This animation data is mapped to a 3D model so that the model performs the same actions as the actor. This process may be contrasted with the older technique of rotoscoping . Camera movements can also be motion captured so that a virtual camera in the scene will pan, tilt or dolly around the stage driven by a camera operator while

2001-457: Is traditionally implemented using special markers attached to an actor; however, more recent systems are able to generate accurate data by tracking surface features identified dynamically for each particular subject. Tracking a large number of performers or expanding the capture area is accomplished by the addition of more cameras. These systems produce data with three degrees of freedom for each marker, and rotational information must be inferred from

2070-466: Is used to calibrate the cameras and obtain their positions, and the lens distortion of each camera is measured. If two calibrated cameras see a marker, a three-dimensional fix can be obtained. Typically a system will consist of around 2 to 48 cameras. Systems of over three hundred cameras exist to try to reduce marker swap. Extra cameras are required for full coverage around the capture subject and multiple subjects. Vendors have constraint software to reduce

2139-467: Is used to keep track of various objects, including airplanes, launch vehicles, missiles and satellites. Many such optical motion tracking applications occur outdoors, requiring differing lens and camera configurations. High-resolution images of the target being tracked can thereby provide more information than just motion data. The image obtained from NASA's long-range tracking system on the space shuttle Challenger's fatal launch provided crucial evidence about

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2208-589: The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London confirmed that the virtual concerts would take place in London from 27 May 2022. In addition, Voyage , a new ABBA album, was announced to be released on 5 November 2021. The new album features ten songs, including the previously-announced "I Still Have Faith in You" and "Don't Shut Me Down". The concerts feature a 10-piece live band playing alongside

2277-550: The Swedish royal family including Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia . Mark Sutherland of Variety wrote that the crowd gave a standing ovation at the concert. After the 90-minute avatar performance, the four members of ABBA appeared on stage and gave a curtain call . The following set list was obtained from the concert held on 26 May 2022 at the ABBA Arena in London, the opening show. It does not represent all concerts for

2346-448: The two-time Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu graduated from Waseda University . In his thesis, using data provided by 31 sensors placed on his body, he analysed his jumps. He evaluated the use of technology both in order to improve the scoring system and to help skaters improve their jumping technique. In March 2021 a summary of the thesis was published in the academic journal. Motion tracking or motion capture started as

2415-575: The Caribbean , the Na'vi from the film Avatar , and Clu from Tron: Legacy . The Great Goblin, the three Stone-trolls , many of the orcs and goblins in the 2012 film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey , and Smaug were created using motion capture. The film Batman Forever (1995) used some motion capture for certain visual effects. Warner Bros. had acquired motion capture technology from arcade video game company Acclaim Entertainment for use in

2484-633: The Dragon , and Rare 's Dinosaur Planet . Indoor positioning is another application for optical motion capture systems. Robotics researchers often use motion capture systems when developing and evaluating control, estimation, and perception algorithms and hardware. In outdoor spaces, it’s possible to achieve accuracy to the centimeter by using the Global Navigation Satellite System ( GNSS ) together with Real-Time Kinematics ( RTK ). However, this reduces significantly when there

2553-671: The VFX allowing the actor to walk around props that would make motion capture difficult for other non-active optical systems. ILM used active markers in Van Helsing to allow capture of Dracula's flying brides on very large sets similar to Weta's use of active markers in Rise of the Planet of the Apes . The power to each marker can be provided sequentially in phase with the capture system providing

2622-487: The Veil of Mists (2000) was the first feature-length film made primarily with motion capture, although many character animators also worked on the film, which had a very limited release. 2001's Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within was the first widely released movie to be made with motion capture technology. Despite its poor box-office intake, supporters of motion capture technology took notice. Total Recall had already used

2691-399: The actor is performing. At the same time, the motion capture system can capture the camera and props as well as the actor's performance. This allows the computer-generated characters, images and sets to have the same perspective as the video images from the camera. A computer processes the data and displays the movements of the actor, providing the desired camera positions in terms of objects in

2760-630: The actor's performance in real-time, and watch the results on the motion capture-driven CG character. The unique marker IDs reduce the turnaround, by eliminating marker swapping and providing much cleaner data than other technologies. LEDs with onboard processing and radio synchronization allow motion capture outdoors in direct sunlight while capturing at 120 to 960 frames per second due to a high-speed electronic shutter. Computer processing of modulated IDs allows less hand cleanup or filtered results for lower operational costs. This higher accuracy and resolution requires more processing than passive technologies, but

2829-499: The additional processing is done at the camera to improve resolution via subpixel or centroid processing, providing both high resolution and high speed. These motion capture systems typically cost $ 20,000 for an eight-camera, 12-megapixel spatial resolution 120-hertz system with one actor. One can reverse the traditional approach based on high-speed cameras. Systems such as Prakash use inexpensive multi-LED high-speed projectors. The specially built multi-LED IR projectors optically encode

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2898-492: The audience is more likely to look at the screens than the stage itself, where for many the band would be too small to make out at a distance, the illusion is maintained. The ABBA band members wore motion-capture suits as part of the development process and were filmed as they performed a 22-song set over the course of five weeks. Some 160 cameras were used. The choreography is based on the band members' real movements, but captured from younger body doubles. The digital band, using

2967-437: The band from the 1990s onwards, following the worldwide success of their greatest hits album ABBA Gold , the musical Mamma Mia! and its film adaptation , the members had repeatedly refused to re-form. Reportedly, they turned down an offer of $ 1 billion in 2000 to perform again. In 2008, Björn Ulvaeus told The Sunday Telegraph , "We will never appear on stage again. There is simply no motivation to re-group." He repeated

3036-603: The body movement onto a 2D or 3D character's motion on-screen. During Game Developers Conference 2016 in San Francisco Epic Games demonstrated full-body motion capture live in Unreal Engine. The whole scene, from the upcoming game Hellblade about a woman warrior named Senua, was rendered in real-time. The keynote was a collaboration between Unreal Engine , Ninja Theory , 3Lateral , Cubic Motion , IKinema and Xsens . In 2020,

3105-429: The cause of the accident. Optical tracking systems are also used to identify known spacecraft and space debris despite the fact that it has a disadvantage compared to radar in that the objects must be reflecting or emitting sufficient light. An optical tracking system typically consists of three subsystems: the optical imaging system, the mechanical tracking platform and the tracking computer. The optical imaging system

3174-530: The duration of the residency. Initial personnel list adapted from Vogue , NME and Industrial Light & Magic , unless otherwise noted. There was a complete change of band personnel in April 2024. ABBA: Band: Crew: Body doubles: Wardrobe: 51°31′58″N 0°00′49″W  /  51.53277°N 0.0136°W  / 51.53277; -0.0136 Motion capture Motion capture (sometimes referred as mo-cap or mocap , for short)

3243-501: The effective range of the tracking system. The mechanical tracking platform holds the optical imaging system and is responsible for manipulating the optical imaging system in such a way that it always points to the target being tracked. The dynamics of the mechanical tracking platform combined with the optical imaging system determines the tracking system's ability to keep the lock on a target that changes speed rapidly. Motion-capture suit A motion capture suit (or mo-cap suit )

3312-414: The film's production. Acclaim's 1995 video game of the same name also used the same motion capture technology to animate the digitized sprite graphics. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) was the first feature-length film to include a main character created using motion capture (that character being Jar Jar Binks , played by Ahmed Best ), and Indian - American film Sinbad: Beyond

3381-469: The frequency rate of the desired motion. The resolution of the system is important in both the spatial resolution and temporal resolution as motion blur causes almost the same problems as low resolution. Since the beginning of the 21st century - and because of the rapid growth of technology - new methods have been developed. Most modern systems can extract the silhouette of the performer from the background. Afterwards all joint angles are calculated by fitting in

3450-596: The group's digital avatars, performing 22 of ABBA's songs. The live band was selected by James Righton of Klaxons and features Little Boots on keyboards. Andersson commented that while building the setlist, the band realised that "we cannot not play [the hits] but we also wanted to give the concert some dynamics, so there are a few songs that the audience will not be too familiar with, but we like them so we put them in. It’s 21 songs and it feels good". Concerts started in May 2022, and, so far, are extended until October 2025 with

3519-420: The group. In April 2018, the four members issued a statement saying that during preparations for the tour, they had regrouped in the studio and had recorded two new songs, titled " I Still Have Faith in You " and " Don't Shut Me Down ". On 26 August 2021, the "ABBA Voyage" website was launched, indicating the announcement of a new project a week later. On 2 September 2021, a globally-streamed press conference from

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3588-458: The person wearing the suit. This data is used to live stream user movement via WiFi, or record data to input into software such as Unity, Unreal Engine 4, or MotionBuilder. At GDC 2016, Xsens announced integration with Unreal Engine 4 Later that month, Xsens collaborated with Dutch technology company Manus VR in order to showcase an immersive VR experience. A bi-directional, full body motion controller with haptic feedback, Holosuit comes with

3657-428: The possibility to extend the shows up until April 2026, when the permission for the ABBA Arena expires to give space to a housing development on the site. As of September 4, 2023, ABBA Voyage sold more than 1.5 million tickets and has generated over $ 150 million in sales, outperforming many major live shows. The venue maintains a near-perfect attendance record, with a 99% full house every night. The show runs seven times

3726-417: The problem of marker swapping since all passive markers appear identical. Unlike active marker systems and magnetic systems, passive systems do not require the user to wear wires or electronic equipment. Instead, hundreds of rubber balls are attached with reflective tape, which needs to be replaced periodically. The markers are usually attached directly to the skin (as in biomechanics), or they are velcroed to

3795-517: The project is one of the most expensive live music experiences in history, with a budget of $ 175 million. The show was nominated for two categories at the 21st Visual Effects Society Awards , losing Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project to the science-fiction film Avatar: The Way of Water , but winning Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project. ABBA had unofficially split up in December 1982, and despite renewed interest in

3864-607: The rapid development of the markerless approach to motion capture. Markerless systems such as those developed at Stanford University , the University of Maryland , MIT , and the Max Planck Institute , do not require subjects to wear special equipment for tracking. Special computer algorithms are designed to allow the system to analyze multiple streams of optical input and identify human forms, breaking them down into constituent parts for tracking. ESC entertainment ,

3933-433: The relative orientation of three or more markers; for instance shoulder, elbow and wrist markers providing the angle of the elbow. Newer hybrid systems are combining inertial sensors with optical sensors to reduce occlusion, increase the number of users and improve the ability to track without having to manually clean up data. Passive optical systems use markers coated with a retroreflective material to reflect light that

4002-475: The scenes involving motion capture were directed in real-time using Autodesk MotionBuilder software to render a screen image which allowed the director and the actor to see what they would look like in the movie, making it easier to direct the movie as it would be seen by the viewer. This method allowed views and angles not possible from a pre-rendered animation. Cameron was so proud of his results that he invited Steven Spielberg and George Lucas on set to view

4071-475: The set. Retroactively obtaining camera movement data from the captured footage is known as match moving or camera tracking . The first virtual actor animated by motion-capture was produced in 1993 by Didier Pourcel and his team at Gribouille. It involved "cloning" the body and face of French comedian Richard Bohringer, and then animating it with still-nascent motion-capture tools. Motion capture offers several advantages over traditional computer animation of

4140-526: The songs' originally-recorded vocals, are accompanied by a live instrumental band on stage. Andersson stated that ILM "can do the work if we wanted to swap a couple of songs in a year’s time or so and work on it and it’ll be exactly the same. We don’t have to go back ourselves into the studio again. That’s what they have promised us". The opening night of ABBA Voyage was attended by celebrities, including Kylie Minogue , Keira Knightley , Kate Moss , Sharleen Spiteri , and Carola Häggkvist , as well as members of

4209-520: The space. Instead of retro-reflective or active light emitting diode (LED) markers, the system uses photosensitive marker tags to decode the optical signals. By attaching tags with photo sensors to scene points, the tags can compute not only their own locations of each point, but also their own orientation, incident illumination, and reflectance. These tracking tags work in natural lighting conditions and can be imperceptibly embedded in attire or other objects. The system supports an unlimited number of tags in

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4278-497: The statement in an interview in 2014 while promoting the publication of ABBA: The Official Photo Book . In 2016 American media reported that British entrepreneur Simon Fuller had approached ABBA with his idea to create a virtual reality ABBA using new technology. In November that year Fuller was photographed in London meeting with ABBA. In September 2017, Benny Andersson told Swedish newspaper Expressen that there were plans for ABBA to tour "virtually", using digital avatars of

4347-499: The system in action. In Marvel's The Avengers , Mark Ruffalo used motion capture so he could play his character the Hulk , rather than have him be only CGI as in previous films, making Ruffalo the first actor to play both the human and the Hulk versions of Bruce Banner. FaceRig software uses facial recognition technology from ULSee.Inc to map a player's facial expressions and the body tracking technology from Perception Neuron to map

4416-481: The technique, in the scene of the x-ray scanner and the skeletons. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers was the first feature film to utilize a real-time motion capture system. This method streamed the actions of actor Andy Serkis into the computer-generated imagery skin of Gollum / Smeagol as it was being performed. Storymind Entertainment, which is an independent Ukrainian studio, created

4485-421: The true position of targets — the “ground truth” baseline in research and development. Results derived from other sensors and algorithms can then be compared to the ground truth data to evaluate their performance. Movies use motion capture for CGI effects, in some cases replacing traditional cel animation, and for completely CGI creatures, such as Gollum , The Mummy , King Kong , Davy Jones from Pirates of

4554-558: The voices). The 2007 adaptation of the saga Beowulf animated digital characters whose appearances were based in part on the actors who provided their motions and voices. James Cameron's highly popular Avatar used this technique to create the Na'vi that inhabit Pandora. The Walt Disney Company has produced Robert Zemeckis 's A Christmas Carol using this technique. In 2007, Disney acquired Zemeckis' ImageMovers Digital (that produces motion capture films), but then closed it in 2011, after

4623-514: The world have built indoor motion capture volumes for this purpose. Purdue University houses the world’s largest indoor motion capture system, inside the Purdue UAS Research and Test (PURT) facility. PURT is dedicated to UAS research, and provides tracking volume of 600,000 cubic feet using 60 motion capture cameras. The optical motion capture system is able to track targets in its volume with millimeter accuracy, effectively providing

4692-492: Was animated without motion capture. In the ending credits of Pixar 's film Ratatouille , a stamp appears labelling the film as "100% Genuine Animation – No Motion Capture!" Since 2001, motion capture has been used extensively to simulate or approximate the look of live-action theater, with nearly photorealistic digital character models. The Polar Express used motion capture to allow Tom Hanks to perform as several distinct digital characters (in which he also provided

4761-826: Was used to animate the 2D player characters of Martech 's video game Vixen (performed by model Corinne Russell ) and Magical Company 's 2D arcade fighting game Last Apostle Puppet Show (to animate digitized sprites ). Motion capture was later notably used to animate the 3D character models in the Sega Model arcade games Virtua Fighter (1993) and Virtua Fighter 2 (1994). In mid-1995, developer/publisher Acclaim Entertainment had its own in-house motion capture studio built into its headquarters. Namco 's 1995 arcade game Soul Edge used passive optical system markers for motion capture. Motion capture also uses athletes in based-off animated games, such as Naughty Dog 's Crash Bandicoot , Insomniac Games ' Spyro

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