In sport, the margin between success and failure is often measured in milliseconds. It could be a cricketer adjusting their foot positioning, a runner refining their sprint start or a footballer ...

Researchers from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have developed a precise motion capture system to assist doctors and physiotherapists in consultations and diagnoses for patients ...

In a comment for Tuesday’s post on accelerometers, phasespace pointed out that it’s not just the neat things you can do with accelerometers – it’s the drastic price drops that make motion capture ...

Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings", Thanos in the "Avengers", Snoke in "Star Wars", the Na'vi in "Avatar": we have all experienced the wonders of motion-capture, a ...

Actors may soon say good-bye to those humbling Lycra body suits commonly used in the visual effects industry, thanks to a group of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Informatics (MPII).

You probably get that motion capture involves performers prancing around in tights that have ping-pong balls attached. But what the heck is going on, exactly? Simple: The producers of a game or film ...

Special effects that use the movement of real actors to animate digital characters were once the preserve of movie studios with multimillion-dollar budgets. Now a new motion-capture technology could ...

Behavioral scientists introduce DeepLabCut-Live!, a deep-learning tool that can enable real-time feedback studies on animal movement and posture. The software features 'maker-less' real-time motion ...