Researchers are devising technologies that help analyze and enhance human movement and performance.

SAN FRANCISCO—Every year at the Game Developers Conference, a handful of competing companies show off their latest motion-capture technology, which transforms human performances into 3D animations ...

Mention motion capture and the first thing likely to pop up in your head is an actor in a black spandex suit stuck with rubber balls. This norm, however, may soon be a relic of the past as software ...

(2) Entering a movement pattern into the computer. Also called "performance capture," motion capture refers to people wearing sensors or markers on body parts while dancing, fighting, etc. The motion ...

The motion capture technology that enables the fluid movements of your favorite video game character or lets a coach assess the biomechanics of an elite athlete is incredibly powerful, but requires ...

Motion capture systems typically require subjects to wear loads of sensors to be able to follow their movements. Disney wants to simplify the process, so its research lab has designed a physics-based ...

A new motion capture technology will allow you to create digital dog avatars after filming them with a single camera. Digitizing a dog is typically like digitizing a person. The process involves ...

Some of Sebastian Starke’s fondest childhood memories are swinging from doorways, scaling walls, and brandishing a sword. Starke first got hooked on video games — he only experienced those adventures ...

COVENTRY, England (Reuters) - What do Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray have in common? Sure, they're all tennis champions but each has also struggled with ...

The motion capture tech that helped bring films like "Lord of the Rings" to life is helping postoperative patients with their recovery. Abrar's interests include phones, streaming, autonomous vehicles ...