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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Motion capture has been one of the prime enablers of modern CGI sequences within both film and video games. If you've ever wondered about the complexities of the process, Phil Rhodes reports back from ...