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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Motion capture tech digitizes dogs, with no suit and a single camera

newatlas.com: 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 expensive equipment to recreate the complex movement of subjects in digital form. Scientists at the University of Bath have come up with a much simpler solution, developing a computer model that can digitize dogs without the need for a motion capture suit and a suite of surrounding cameras.

1 comment:

Lilian Kim said...

Lilian Kim-
I thought that article was just really fun to read. I love reading about new technologies and inventions often because I am always wondering how it can be used in theatre. In the article, I have no idea how a motion picture tech digitizing dogs without all the extra equipment can be used in theatre, but the invention is interesting. Perhaps it can be used live? With actors in their costumes and themselves being digitized on a screen behind them? Or maybe it can be used for virtual theatre? I find that it is important to keep up with technology and science in combination with theatre because I believe that the future of theatre will rely on tech. There are some really cool inventions out there such as these that have no immediate connection to theatre, but if seen in the right way, can be a new tool for it.