A research team at the University of Michigan School of Information and Center for the Study of Complex Systems led by assistant professor Abigail Z. Jacobs has conducted an academic study into how motion capture systems work. They conclude that the assumptions these systems make about whose human bodies are ‘standard’ or ‘representative’ are “stylised […]
Machine learning-powered markerless performance capture experts Move AI have announced the launch of their new single camera iPhone app, Move One. “At its core, Move AI is a research company specialising in applied AI, mathematics, physics and biomechanics. Move One is the result of engaging deeply with the animator and creator community and directly addressing […]
At the Dolby House at SXSW today (Weds 15 March), our friends at Draw & Code combined Dolby.io’s real-time streaming technology and Move.ai’s motion capture system to stream a technology demo of a future performance capture pipeline for the music industry. The experiment, which was conducted in conjunction with KOKO in London’s Camden Town, involved […]
Our friends at Move.ai have won a prestigious Immersive Innovation Award at SXSW (South By South West) in Austin Texas, brandished below by Head Of Partnerships & Delivery Niall Hendry. Move AI’s technology enables Motion Capture to take place in any environment using off-the-shelf cameras, mobile phones, computer vision and deep learning. Unlike other forms […]
To help address a yawning skills gap, the London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is to offer virtual production technology training to students using a £1.9 million capital grant from the Office for Students, England’s independent regulator for higher education. It’s a first for a drama school in the UK. Training will be […]
* that’s not Andy Serkis In this edition of the Trial By Content podcast on the website The Ringer, hosts Dave Gonzales, Joanna Robinson, and Neil Miller delve into the world of performance capture. 4:10 – Dave and Neil try to explain what Avatar: The Way Of Water is about 29:20 – a discussion of the history […]